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IOR/R/15/1/551
- Record Id:
- 040-000228007
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023383663.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/551
- Title:
- F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council
- Scope & Content:
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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).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000228005
040-000228007 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/550-551 : File 58: Qatar
IOR/R/15/1/551 : F-93 58/6-I Qatar Order-in-Council - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0016]/038-000228005[0002]/040-000228007
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (239 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020c
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 18 Apr 1935-13 Mar 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 58/6-I
- Arrangement:
- This file is arranged approximately in chronological order. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present throughout the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)