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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' [308r] (615/635)
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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foreign Moslem States for the purposes of Jurisdiction
in the Gulf itself, is unsatisfactory, hut with one
exception (referred to helow) does not appear likely
to lead to practical difficulties in the present case,
since we have agreed to the Sheikh of Qatar retaining
Jurisdiction over ’’the subjects of Koweit, Bahrein
and the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
,” and the latter are only
referred to as British protected persons by implication
in the words ”... all other British protected persons,
in paragraph 4 of the Resident’s letter No. C/129 of
May 11th to the Sheikh. Moreover, you will see that
Beckett in paragraph 4 of his minute of May 15th has
suggested how the position could be regularised in the
eventual Qatar
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
by an addition to the
definition of a British protected person for the
purposes of the Order as given in article 4 of the
Koweit
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
of last February.
4. The exception referred to above where the
position does appear unsatisfactory is the case of
subjects
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3322
- Title
- 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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