File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎190r] (112/357)

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xhe la^ and macninery of the Order, within the limits
of which would be included Muscat, the Trueial States,
the existing Persian Coasts and Islands Order, but might
well include the amendments which have been inserted in
the draft Bahrein Order.
Sir E. Grey would be glad to receive an expression of
the Marquess of Crewe’s opinion on this suggestion.
As regards the proposed Bahrein Order, I arn to state
that Sir E. Grey will abstain from observations on points
of detail pending a decision of the question whether a
comprehensive Order on the lines suggested above is feasible
second paragraph of your letter, I am to state that, in
Sir E. Grey’s view, Bahrein, apart from the treaties into
which it has entered with His Majesty’s Government, is a
sovereign and independent state and the Sheikh is thus
entitled to exercise jurisdiction over foreigners within
its boundaries. He is also entitled to delegate to His
Majesty’s Government by treaty, jurisdiction over such
B afire in and Koweit, would be similar to that provided in
With reference however to the point raised in the
foreigners