مجموعة ٢٥/ ١٨ "مراسيم ملكية بريطانية: قطر: السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٥] (٦٣٥/٥٨٩)

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these persons are included as a last category of
British protected persons in the Consular Instructions.
In the stricter sense, however, the expression "British
protected persons" bears the ordinary meaning of
"a native of a British Protectorate, Protected State,
or Mandated Territory" and we have always been chary
of admitting that the Arab States of the Gulf are
British Protected States and have preferred to describe
them as being "in special treaty relations with H.M.G."
7. It is interesting in this connection to
remember that although "British Protected Persons" have
to be registered at the Political Agency under the
provisions of the Bahrein Order in Council, it was ruled
in 1931 with the concurrence of the Foreign Office that
it was not necessary for the Political Agent to
register such persons as natives of the Hadramaut
(which is now included in the Aden Protectorate) but
only British protected persons proper. The Aden
"Protectorate" is, of course, really a misnomer, since
it is not in the ordinary sense a Protectorate at ail,
but approximates constitutionally very closely to the
position of the Arab States in the Gulf in special
treaty relations.
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