‘File B/10 I (30/12) Miscellaneous Complaints and claims at Sharjah' [‎314r] (627/684)

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Translation of letter Ko. 533 dated 16th September 1940 from the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah, to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Sahrain,
After compliments, ^ , * .
Reference your printed letter No. 235 dated 31st August^
1940. In the month of July 1936 Jagunal Dhamanmal left Sharjah xor
Dubai where he opened a business for the purchase of gold.and its
export outside. He had no money for the business and nothing else
except the help of a liindu merchant at Dubai known as Badanmal
through whom he sends his gold exports to Bombay therefore some
merchants were fihus misled and began to deal with him in accordance
with the usual practice of selling him gold and paying him cash and
receiving from him hundis drawn on India. After forty nays o^
nractice he began to put off his creditors by false^ promises and
was ut to that time indebted to some merchants to the extent Ox
Rs. 6680/10. .'/hen his creditors pressed for payment he pretended
sickness and gave false promises. Thus the trick became apparent to
the public. Therefore his creditors wrote a petition to the Ruler
of XDubai, a copy of which is enclosed herewith, in which they
prayed that the necessary steps may be taken xor the recovery oi
their rights which were paid to him less than 20 days^bexore. His
books were immediately attached by the Ruler of Dubai who asxeu .
me to prevent him from leaving until he settles^the matter with m
creditors. On examinations of his books it was found that he nad
Rs. 3385/13 of which Rs. 2916/13 isx with Badhanmal. After some
discussion and arguments and through mediation of some inxluential
Hindu merchants an arbitration committee of three persons was
formed to find means of settlement between Dhamanmal Jagunal and
his creditors. This was arrived at in accordance with the enclosed
arbitration aw r ard dated 14th September 1936 according to whicn
he had to pay to his creditors half the amount due, this was made
up by the amount which he had, and to pay an instalment of As. 2
per rupee after three months and As. 3 per rupee after six months,
his creditors having agreed to forego the rest .
2 . In the beginning of February 1940 he asked me for permiss
ion to go for 15 days to be present at the marriage of his
daughter and to return but I asked him to bring me a letuer xrom
his creditors that they have no objection about the matter but he d
did not do so. On 12th February he went to the Political Officer
and asked him for permission but when he.learnt about the.case he
gave him the same reply but when he presisted in aswing nis
Permission the Political Officer gave him a persona^ letter to the ,
Agent of Shaikh Mustafa bin Abdul Latif of Dubai but the latter die
not agree to his departure before he makes some arrangement about
the debt due to him.
3 # in the end of July some Hindus came.to me and.showed me
the document which he enclosed in his petition and said^ that t^e,
want Dhamanmal to leave for India and that they have asked Abdulla^
Murad, the Agent of Shaikh Mustafa bin Abduli Latif to sign the
document but he did not agree. The reason for the refusal of
Shaikh Mustafa’s agent is that he asked Damanmal to give him a
deed agreeing that he has the right to sue him in Bombay or
anywhere else for the recovery of his right from him whenever he
is in a/position to pay but Dhamnmal wants finally to be iree Ox
this debt most of which is due to Shaikh Mustafa bin Abdul Latif. |
as may be observed from the list of his creditors enclosed herewit;
" The total amount due to the persons.who had signed the
document which he enclosed in his petition is Rs. 640/^/9,
4 # His allegation about the debts due to him is old and the
debts are due from the time K.B. Isa bin Abdul Latif. wnen he
informed me at the time I took over charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. I did
all I could to help him, and he had dxa a debt due from a
bankrupt of Rs. 2070/- which is the sum mentioned in his petition
but the bankrupt owed one mortagaged vessel only but I got it.
free from the mortgage for him and suggested to him several times
to find a buyer for it so that he may sell it and pay his credit-
tors but he did not do so and the boat remained in rums and
decayed and its value depricicates everyday that passes and I do
not think it will fetch more than a small sum now.
5 . You are aware of the present condition of the Trucial
coast and how difficult it ix‘was to recover debts even in those
days when people were rich and prosperous, and about the Rulers’
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