مجموعة ٢٥/ ١٨ "مراسيم ملكية بريطانية: قطر: السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر" [ظ‎‎٢‎٦‎٧] (٦٣٥/٥٣٤)

Council, 1935*
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2. Ti-i t.ho nhRRncR at present ft-
Resident Political Agent in Qatar, it is
proposed that His Majesty^ jurisdiction
in Qatar should, in the first instance -
at any rate, he exercised through the
Political Agent at Bahrein or fey his
representative, and it is accordingly
suggested that the expression "Political
Agent” should he defined in the new Order
in Council so as to include the Political
AgentsBahrein or his representative,
or any Political Agent who may subsequently
he appointed to reside in Qatar.
3. With regard to the definition
in the new Order in Council of the
expressions "British protected person”,
"Qatar subject” and "foreigner”, I am to
refer to the demi-official correspondence
noted in the margin, from which it will b$
seen that under the Koweit, Bahrein and
Muscat Orders in Council, as at present
drafted, there is some possibility of
uncertainty arising as to whether the
subjects of the Arab States in the
Persian Gulf in special Treaty relations
with His Majesty’s Government should,
or should not, be treated as British
protected persons for jurisdictional
purposes. In view of the fact that
it has been agreed in correspondence
exchanged between the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf and the Sheikh of
Qatar that jurisdiction over the nationals
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Foreign Office d.o. letter of
18th July v/ith enclosure
(copy forv/arded by Air Mail
of ^7 July under ITo.P. Z.
4926/35).
D.O. letter So. C/243 of 26th
July from the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf*
Mr. Clauson’s d*o. letter of
li+th October to the Political
Resident (copy forwarded by
Air Mail of ll+th October
under Mo.P. Z.7185/33)*