"ملف ٤/١٨ السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر: المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لقطر" [و‎‎٣‎٠] (٥٢٠/٥٩)

INDIA OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W. 1.
P,Z.7591/35.
29th November 1935
By Air Mail .
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary ,of State for
India to refer to Bushire Express Lduter No.C/137 of
12th May 1935 and connected correspondence on the
subject of the Qatar Oil Concession. In vie^ of the
grant of an oil concession by the Sheikh of Qatar to the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and the delegation by the
Sheikh to His Majesty's Government of jurisdiction over
British subjects and protected persons and the subjects
of non-Muslim foreign powers, the Marquess of Zetland,
after consultation with the Foreign Office, is of the
opinion that the position should now be regularised as
soon as possible by the issue of an Order in Council
un der th e Foreign Juris.liction Acts, defining the extent
of His Majesty's jurisdiction in ^atar. His Lordship
would therefore suggest that if no objection is seen, a
draft QataV Order in Council should now be prepared by
the Government of India, in consultation with the
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and"T*orwarded to
the Secretary of State for final consideration by His
Majesty's Government. The new Order in Council would
be on the same lines mutatis mutandis as the Koweit
Order in Council, 1935.
2 /
The Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India,
Foreign and Political
Department,
New Delhi.