Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [145r] (289/340)
The record is made up of 1 file (168 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1930-15 Jun 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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necessary for the Bahrein subject to give security under this
Article as regards fees and costs, unless the Court so directs, but
the co-plaintiff British subject, or foreigner, shall be responsible
for all fees and costs.
47 .—( 1 ) Every agreement for reference to arbitration between
a person to whom this Order applies on the one hand, and a
Bahrein subject on the other hand, may, on the application of
^any party, be filed for execution in the office of the Court.
W (2) The Court shall thereupon have authority to enforce the
agreement, and the award made thereunder, and to control and
regulate the proceedings before and after the award, in such
manner and on such terms as the Court may think fit, in concert
with the Sheikh or his representative.
(c) General.
48—(1) Where it is proved that the attendance of a person
to whom this Order applies, to give evidence, or for any other
purpose connected with the administration of justice, is required
before a Bahrein Tribunal, a Court established under this Order
may, if it thinks fit, in a case and in circumstances in which the
Court would require the attendance of that person before the
Court, order that he do attend as required.
(2) If the person ordered to attend, having reasonable notice
of the time and place at which he is required to attend, fails to
attend accordingly and does not excuse his failure to the satis
faction of the Court, he shall, independently of any other liability,
be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
49. When a person to whom this Order applies invokes or
submits to the jurisdiction of a Bahrein Tribunal, and engages in
writing to abide by the decision of that Tribunal or to pay any
fees or expenses ordered by that Tribunal to be paid by him,
the Court may, on such evidence as it thinks fit to require,
enforce payment of such fees and expenses in the same manner
as if they w T ere fees payable in a proceeding in the Court, and
shall pay over and account for the same, when levied, to the
proper Bahrein authority, as the Court may direct.
50. —( 1 ) If a person to whom this Order applies wilfully gives
false evidence^ in a proceeding before a Bahrein Tribunal, oi in
an arbitration between a person to whom this Oidei applies,
on the one hand, and a Bahrein subject, on the other hand, he
shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction, be liable
to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to two months, or with fine which may extend to 1,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
or with both.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall exempt a person from liability
under any other British or British Indian law to ally othei oi
higher punishment or penalty :
Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same
offence.
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This file contains papers relating to a legal dispute between Yusuf Lutfally Khunji and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain. The case concerns a joint venture between the aforementioned parties to set up and operate an ice-making plant in Bahrain at a spring owned by Mr. Khunji in 1922. Following the expiration of a five year monopoly on the manufacture and sale of ice in Bahrain, the two parties fell into a dispute on the plant.
The majority of the papers consist of legal correspondence between Mr Khunji's lawyers in Manchester and either 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. in Bahrain or the Financial Advisor to the Ruler of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. Of note, however, are letters of intervention by the Foreign Minister of Iran through the Persian Legation in London, protesting the treatment of a Persian subject in British protected territory.
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- 1 file (168 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 170; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
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- 167r:168v, 129r:156v
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