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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎96r] (191/520)

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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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(2) Any jurisdiction exercisable by the Chief Court under this
Order in civil matters may be exercised by the Judge of that
Court, either within the limits of this Order or elsewhere.
39 . When a suit between persons to whom this Order applies
is filed in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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. shall en
quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. from the several parties whether they desire that proceed
ings shall be instituted in accordance with the Code of Civil
Procedure and the Indian enactments made applicable to Q^*r,
or in accordance w-ith local usage, and shall record their
replies.
40 . When any of the several parties desire that the suit shall
be determined in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure
and other enactments made applicable to Qatar, the District
Court shall forthwith proceed to decide the suit in accordance
with the provisions of such enactments, as far as local conditions
permit.
Nothing in this article shall prevent the District Court from
referring any matter in the progress of a suit which involves a
point of Muhammadan law to a Qazi for a decision, or from
sending any party or witness, being a Muhammadan, to a Qazi
for the administration of an oath; or from referring any matter
in the progress of a suit between parties belonging to the sarm^
community which, in the discretion of the Court, is a fit a^ 1
proper subject for the decision of the local leaders of that com
munity, to a punch or jama’at of the leaders of such com
munity; or, in commercial cases, from referring any matter in
the progress of a suit which, in the discretion of the Court,
is a fit and proper subject for the decision of the principal local
merchants to a majlis or jama’at of such merchants.
41 . — (1) The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty) Order in
Council, 1910,( a ) shall apply to Qatar, and the Chief Court
shall have the jurisdiction conferred by Article 4 of that Order,
and the District Court shall be deemed to be a Provincial Court,
and the Registry thereof a District Registry within the meaning
of the said Order.
(2) Admiralty actions commenced in the said Registry shall
be tried in the District Court unless the Chief Court is at the
time sitting within the limits of this Order, or unless all parties \
agree that the action shall be tried in the Chief Court sitting
elsewhere than within the limits of this Order.
(3) The duties of the Registrar and of the Marshal, either of
the Chief Court or of the District Court, under the said Order
shall be performed by such Officers as 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.
shall direct.
42 . — (1) The District Court shall endeavour to obtain, as
early as may be, notice of the deaths of all persons subject to
this Order leaving property in any place within the jurisdiction
(a) S.R. & 0. 1910 , No. 1183 .
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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)
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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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