"ملف ٤/١٨ السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر: المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لقطر" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٩] (٥٢٠/٢٧٧)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Department.
EX PRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
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No. C/382-18/4
Bah
Dated
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the
13th June
19
38*
To
Political Resident,
Bushire.
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teference correspondence ending with your telegram No#
193 dated the 20th May 1938, regarding the draft Qatar Order
/
in Council# o
I enclose herewith a copy of the English portion of my
letter No# C/333 dated the 21st May 1938 addressed to the Shaikh
of Qatar on this subject, and also a translation of the reply which
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I have now received from him# m
3# The Shaikhs letter is very badly worded but it is suffi
cient to determine his acceptance of the points set out in my lette:
to him, provided he receivss some guarantee that Governments of
foreign countries over whose Moslem subjects the Shaikh will exer
cise jurisdiction will raise no objection against him and so on.
The Shaikh is in fact terrified of Ibn Saud as I have pointed out
in paragraph 3 of my Express letter No# C/112 dated the 8th February
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1938 and in my Note of the 30th May 1938 on my visit to Dohah, a
copy of which has been sent to you under cover of my memorandum
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