'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎31r] (61/520)

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2. Since there is at present no resident
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Qatar, it is proposed that His
Majesty's jurisdiction in Qatar should, in the first
instance at any rate, be exercised through the Political
Agent at Bahrein or his representative, and it is
accordingly suggested that the expression "Political
Agent" should be defined in the new Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. so
as to include the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrein or his
(1) Foreign Office demi-official
letter of 18th July with
_ enclosure (copy forwarded by
P >' Air Mail of 19th July under
No. P.Z.4926/35).
(2) Demi-official letter No.C/243 of
a . 26th July from the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
(3) Mr. Clauson's demi-official
letter of 14th October to
Ji* the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (copy
forwarded by Air Mail of 14th
October under No. P.Z.7185/35)
representative, or any Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. who may
\subsequently be 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 be
seen that under the
Koweit, Bahrein and
Muscat Orders in
Council, as at present
drafted, there is some
possibility of
uncertainty arising as 1
to whether the subjects
of the Arab States in t he Per sian Gulf in special
Treaty relations with His Majesty's Government should,
or should not, be treated as British protected persons
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for jurisdictional purposes. In view of the fact that
it has been agreed in correspondence exchanged between
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the
Sheikh of Qatar that jurisdiction over the nationals of
Koweit, Bahrein and the Trucial Sheikhdoms should
continue to be exercised by the Sheikh, it seems
desirable that in order to avoid any uncertainty on this