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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3322

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This record is a file about the Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar' dating from 18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/12/3322
Title
Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'
Date
18 Jul 1935-8 Jun 1935
Description

Correspondence, minute papers, and notes relating to the issue of The Qatar Order in Council, 1939. The correspondence is mostly between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (later, External Affairs). The papers concern the discussion of the need for the order, its drafting, issue, and distribution, as well as its revision in 1939. Correspondence with the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], is also included and mostly relates to his wish for assurance of his jurisdiction over Muslim foreigners. A copy of the order is found on folios 138-153. A copy of the Kuwait Order in Council is also included, for reference purposes (folios 271-86).

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Coll 25/18
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (314 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 317; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-103 and ff 104-316. These are also both written in pencil and located in the top right corner of each folio. The former have been circled and crossed out, the latter have not been circled.
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Coll 25/18 'Orders-in-Council: Qatar: Jurisdiction over foreigners in Qatar'