'File 18/52 I (C 99) The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty) Order in Council, 1910; File18/53 I (C 99) Orders in Council for Bahrain, The Trucial Coast, and the Whole of the Gulf' [‎161r] (328/416)

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in 1 or warding th .0 drsit for comnient the (iovarnnant of India
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realised that considerable modifioations might be necessary in
order to meet peculiar local conditions; and in that belief I
have ventured to regard the draft rather as having been sent us
as a wording basis than as a definite assertion of the views of
Government even in regard to fundamental points,
4. As regards most of the alterations suggested, I beg that thei
annotated copy now submitted with this letter may be accepted as ■
in itself supplying the needful explanation^ of our views in
points 01' detail. There are certain primary questions, however, •
which it is necessary tliat I should touch upon here, including
the two subjects specially referred to in the Foreign Department
communication abovementioned, namely the question of the position •
or foreigners as regards jurisdiction undel? the Order, and the
need for Registration,
5. In the Foreign Department draft the definition of "Foreigner' 1
jaa worded, "A subject or citizen of a state in amity with His
Majesty, other than Bahrein". It is now suggested that it be al
tered to, "Any person not a subject of Bahrein"; the reason for
the suggestion being that there are denominations among the in
habitants and frequenters of Bahrein of whom it can hardly be
said that they come within the former category.
Under present conditions the term "Foreigner" in Bahrein em-
oraces the following denominations in practice
(i) Subjects of Christian Powers,
(ii)SubjeGts of Turkey and Persia and other non -Christian
Powers,
^ili) Dependents of petty uohammedan Rulers on the shores or
hinterland of the Uulfs of Persia and Oman, such as the
rrucial ooa^t siiaikhs and the Ruler of i^oweit, enjoying a
greater or less measure of protection from the British
Government,
^ J v ^ Natives O j . ivatar or other semi-independent tracts ntt
enjoying any measure of British protection outside Bah
rein.
Since the events of the winter of 1904-1905, ending with the
1. o Z uij to Shaikh Ksa and the deportation of his nephew shaikh •
Ali bin Ahmed, the protection or good offices of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. have
been