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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [287r] (573/635)
The record is made up of 1 file (314 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Draft Paper.
political Department.
DRAFT LETTER.
The Hon.
Lt.Col.T.C.Fowle, CBE.,
H.B .M. Consulate General
Bushire.
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Would you please refer to
paragraph 3 of your d.o. letter to
Laithwaite, D.O.No.C/243 of 26th July
last, about jurisdiction over
foreigners in Q,atar, where you state
that "the subjects of the Arab States
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
have always been
treated as British protected persons
in the Gulf"(i.e. for jurisdictional
purposes). This statement does not
as
square with the position^/we in this
Office have always imagined it to be
under the
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
at Bahrein,
Koweit and Muscat, and you will
remember that we had some discussion
with you on the subject while you were
here. Since the question may affect
the definition of the expressions
"British protected person" , "Q,atar
subject" (or "national"), and "foreigner"
in the new Q,atar
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
which
we propose to suggest to the Government
of India should now be produced, it
seems desirable that we should know
where we stand and that the matter
should^be further investigated. With a
view to this being done I shall attempt
to set out in the -following paragraphs Z
3 UlrJ the position as we understand it at
^Koweit and Muooa.t j and I should be
grateful/
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Correspondence, minute papers, and notes relating to the issue of The Qatar Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The correspondence is mostly between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (later, External Affairs). The papers concern the discussion of the need for the order, its drafting, issue, and distribution, as well as its revision in 1939.
Correspondence with the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], is also included and mostly relates to his wish for assurance of his jurisdiction over Muslim foreigners.
A copy of the order is found on folios 138-153. A copy of the Kuwait Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also included, for reference purposes (folios 271-86).
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- 1 file (314 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 317; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-103 and ff 104-316. These are also both written in pencil and located in the top right corner of each folio. The former have been circled and crossed out, the latter have not been circled.
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- Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'
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- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:158v, 160r:171v, 173r:317v, back
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