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'File 18/4 Jurisdiction Over Foreigners in Qatar: Qatar Order in Council' [‎124r] (247/520)

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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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argued that "regular service" is not exclusively restricted
to domestic service. In fact as the phrase at present stands
it could be extended to service of any form whatsoever, provi
ded only that it is regular. Thus in Bahrain the position
which exists, and has apparently always existed, is that Bah
rain subjects are within the jurisdiction of the Shaikh. I
suggest that the same might well apply in Qatar, even allowing
for the fact that "Qatar subject" includes non-British Moslem
persons. So far as the latter are concerned I need only remark
that there is no very obvious reason why Petroleum Concessions
Limited, for example, should employ any non-British Moslem
persons in "regular service". Even if service is held to be
synonymous with employment, so far as the operations of the
Company are concerned, disputes between the Company and its
employees automatically come before the Joint Court, under
the provision in Part V of the draft Qatar Order-in-Council,
6, Briefly therefore the position is as follows. The
Shaikh of Qatar agrees to the substitution of Moslem Person
(non-British) in place of "national of any other Moslem State".
On the other two points I see no prospect of obtaining his ag
reement without recouree to extreme pressure. It is for con
sideration whether these two points are of sufficient import
ance to warrant extreme action, particularly since this must
have repercussions on the relations between the Shaikh of Qa
tar and the Oil Company, and since, even if that action is
successful, the feeling will I fear undoubtedly remain in Qa
tar that the agreement made by 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. with the Shaikh has been dishonoured by us.
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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. , Bahrain

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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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