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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [252r] (503/635)
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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^Ssmd perform the decision to be given by the Court or on Appeal.
( 3 ) \rhe award of the Arbitrator under sub-Article/1 (b) of
this ArthJe shall be final, and shall not be open to appeaKunless such
award shak within a reasonable time have been oroered by the
Political Age^t to be set aside on the ground th#i it is not final,
or is defective/S}r that the Arbitrator has exc^ded his authority,
or has been guiltyW misconduct in the matter/
( 4 ) A cross suit Sl^all not be brought in the Court against a
plaintiff, being a persohsnot subject to this Order, unless the first
two conditions of sub-ArtiNe ( 2 ) abov^are fulfilled.
( 5 ) When a person to whom inis Order applies desires to
institute a suit against a prison not subject to the said
Order, 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.
jermHl admit the same and after
satisfying himself that r/ima jacie grounds for bringing
a suit exist, shall cause/me matteXto be brought before and
decided by the highest/authority of tlX Shaikh, or some person
specially delegated bvmim for the purposl^ The proceedings and
final decision in a a*se shall not, however, be^onsidered legal unless
notice has been yfven and an opportunity afforded for the Political
Agent, or Officer appointed by him for the purpoSe, to attend at the
hearing ancLmnal decision.
(6) Nooning herein mentioned shall prevent the oourt from re-
ferrin^/my matter in the progress of a suit which invokes a point
of M/mammadan law to a Qazi for decision, or from semling any
pap^y or witness, being a Muhammadan, to a Qazi for the aotainis-
t^ation of an oath.
53 .— (1) Where a person to whom this Order does not apply
obtains, in a Court established under this Order, a decree or order
against a defendant, being a person subject to this Order, and in
another suit that defendant is plaintiff and the person to whom this
Order does not apply is defendant, the Court may, if it thinks fit,
on the application of the person subject to this Order, stay the
enforcement of the decree or order pending that other suit, and may
set off any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by one party in one
suit against any amount decreed or ordered to be paid by the other
party in the other suit.
( 2 ) Where a plaintiff, being a person to whom this Order does
not apply, obtains a decree or order, in a Court established under
this Order, against two or more defendants being persons subject to
this Order jointly, and in another suit one of them is a plaintiff
and the person to whom this Order does not apply is defendant,
the Court may, if it thinks fit, on the application of the persons
subject to this Order, stay the enforcement of the decree or order
pending that other suit, and may set off any amount decreed or
ordered to be paid by one party in one suit against any amount
decreed or ordered to be paid by the other party in the other suit,
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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'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:158v, 160r:171v, 173r:317v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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