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'F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/551
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This record is a file about the 'F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council' dating from 18 Apr 1935-13 Mar 1939.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/R/15/1/551
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Title (The name of the record)
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'F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council'
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Date (When the record was created)
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18 Apr 1935-13 Mar 1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat; Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; Secretary of State for India, London; M J Clauson and J P Gibson of the India Office, London; and the Foreign Department, Government of India. The correspondence concerns efforts to regulate the legal situation and define British juridiction in Qatar by issuing an Order in Council under the Foreign Jurisdication Act. Included within these papers are initial correspondence with Shaikh 'Abdullāh (ff. 2-3); comparisons with other localities in the Persian Gulf, for example Kuwait and Bahrain (ff. 19-25, 46-47, 52-53); correspondence concerning the drafting of the Qatar Order in Council between 1936 and 1939 (ff. 60-146); a copy of the final version of the Qatar Order in Council (ff. 159-174), as well as two certified copies (ff. 178-194); various errors in the text and corrections (ff. 176-176A, 199-204); and its publication in the Gazette of India and exhibition in Qatar (ff. 195-208).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present throughout the volume.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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FO 371/21831 Qatar Order-in-Council. Code 91 File 1335 (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C6426080 [accessed 13/11/2013)]) and FO 371/23177 Qatar Order-in-Council. Code 91 File 52(http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C6429382 [accessed 13/11/2013])
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 file (239 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 4-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B; 65, 65A and 65B; 66 and 66A; 69a and 69b; 73, 73A and 73B; 176 and 176A.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2eaf1fca-509c-4ffc-9827-4e7f0ec9108b/
Series information
IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/1/199-703
Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/1/550-551
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'F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council'