"ملف ٤/١٨ السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر: المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لقطر" [و‎‎٤‎٤] (٥٢٠/٨٧)

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Shaikh 'Isa’s c 4 ay is that he did not reaxly mind about ’OBsanis
and not very Tsueh about Qataris, but that he v/as exceedingly
sore at Nejdis and Hasar;is being under the Political Agent:
indeed, the battle over a Hasawi would develop almost into
personal combat!
X 5. In reply to paragraphs S and 4 of your Express setter,
nrtIves of Kuwait, Mhscat an# Qatar and Trucial %£iklidonis are
not registered as British protected persons, because for the
purpose of registration, as opnosed to jurisdiction, they have
not been regarded as "British subjects" (though the term
includes British protected versons: see Article £/i of "The
Bahrain (Amendment Order in Council, 1988" and in the definition
in Article 4 of the rder in’Council 1. 13) • M far as
I am aware no person in these categories has ever asked to be
registered as a British protected person, though they come under
the Political Agent if involved in criminal or civil proceedings.
A.s a partial modification of the position described in the last
sentence, a child born in Bahrain to persons in these categories
is treated fonder the Notices of 1929) as a Bahrain subject unless
he is registered in the Agency (of this there are three examples,
two Kuwaitis and one TJmm al Oaiwaini) ♦
6. I regret the delay in sending the above reply but have
been searching for the papers to which I have referred above.
^ 7. . With reference to the enclosures to Printed letter
P.S.7591 of November 29th, 1935, from the India Office, I tm
inclined to think that the category "Ifoslem foreigner" unduly
widens the sphere of the Shaikh's jurisdiction. For example, had
the matter reported in paragraph 53 of ny Intelligence Report
No:5 of 1934 developed, it might have been embarrassing if
Mr. El Ifekki, a French Ifoslem subject, had been under the juris
diction of the Shaikh and his companion under that of the
Political Agent. But the likelihood of such cases arising would
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