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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [6r] (11/520)
The record is made up of 1 file (260 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1935-14 Oct 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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4.
dropped in ^he setter of May 11th, Beckett thinks we must
in this case as well proceed on the assumption that the Sheikh
has agreed to what we want; but he points out that this means
that the jurisdiction granted to His Majesty*s Government by
the Sheikh unfortunately cannot now be based on the exchange
of letters of May 11th only, but must rest upon the other two
letters of April idth a. well. This may be all right for
practical purposes, but, as Beckett points out, the matter
is not left in as regular and satisfactory a state as one
could wish.
6. Another point about which Beckett and I are not very
happy is the use in Fowle's letters to the Sheikh of the
expressions "subjects of non-Moslem foreign Powers'' and
"subjects of Moslem foreign Powers' . We feel that in view
of recent developments the criterion of a Moslem Power (State)
is now very imprecise - e.g. the case of Turkey, where there is
no longer any State religion - and we should have preferred to
have used the words "Moslem foreigners" instead. Beckett
remembers having raised this point in connexion with the recent
Koweit
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, and although the expression "Moslem
State" was retained in that Order he is inclined to thinks
(a view with which I strongly agree; that we ought now to
consider the use of a new and more up to date formula
(distinguishing between the religions of individuals rather
than of States) when the time comes to prepare the Q,atar Order
in Council.
7. I understand from Ward, who has discussed the matter
with Crombie, that you have not yet taken any steps towards
preparing the Qatar
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
. When the time comes
to do so I think that it would be most useful, subject to
your views, for our two departments to get into touch at tn
early stage with a view to considering the various points
mentioned in this letter and any other difficulties that may
arise/
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar as per the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. agreed between the two countries. The file contains correspondence regarding the wording and details of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and contains versions of the document from 1938 (folios 156-171) and 1939 (folios 244-259) as well a draft from 1937 (folios 88-103).
Much of the correspondence compares the situation in Qatar with Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait and 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. (1935) is contained on folios 226-233.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence in Arabic (with English translations) between the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain.
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- 1 file (260 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-218; these numbers are written in a combination of blue ink and pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers which have been crossed out).
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- IOR/R/15/2/2004
- Title
- 'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:137v, 138v:147v, 148v:204v, 205v:211v, 212v:213v, 214v:259v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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