مجموعة ٢٥/ ١٨ "مراسيم ملكية بريطانية: قطر: السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر" [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٦] (٦٣٥/٥٣١)

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Department.
In connection with the recent grant of an oil
concession to the Anglo—Iranian Oil Gompany hy the
Sheikh 01 Qatar, the Sheikh agreed to the exercise "by the
Political Agent at Bahrein or hy his representative, of
jurisdiction over British subjects and protected persons
and subjects of non-Muslim foreign Governments. In view
of this it seems necessary to regularise the position as
soon as possible by the issue of a Qatar Order in
Council, defining the extent of His Majesty 1 s
jurisdiction in Qatar. It is proposed that the draft
Order in Council should be prepared by the Government
of India, in consultation with the local authorities, and
1orwarded to this Office for consideration in
consultation with the Foreign Office, and that it should
then be communicated to the Sheikh of Qatar, as was done
in the case of the recent Koweit Qrder in Council, for
his final concurrence before final submission to the
Privy Council. The Foreign Office have concurred in the
procedure suggested above.
A draft letter to the Government of India is
accordingly submitted, requesting them to prepare a draft
of an Order in Council for Qatar on the same general
lines as the Koweit Ordens-r^Tfie draft also covers
! (paragraphs 2-4) one or two points of detail which
have been the subject of d. o. correspondence with the
Foreign Office.