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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' [39r] (77/340)
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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maciiinory was settled according to the division which had
taken place hetween thair Bahrain agent and the hxinicipality,
hut at the same ti-ne they demanded payment of Rs*2,435/14/9.
The Adviser pressed for the production of the accounts of the
initial cost of the enterprise.,as these would show that Shaikh
Hamad paid half the cost of erecting the building in which the
m. chinery was lodged. The building is said to have cost some
Rs.20,000.
17. With regard to the claim for As.2,435/14/9. He admitted
that Rs.1,880 was due to M.r Khnnji being half the total
profits for the part of 1349 (1930) during which period both
the machines were worked by the Municipality. In addition to
this,he sald,Ar. Kh un j i o lai med p ay men t of R s. 555/14/9 for hal f
costs (i.e. je^enses) incurred by him during 1340 until the end
of the 1349 season, such as pay of an engineer previously
em loyed by hirn and retained by him.,rent of certain shops
previously used as ice stores and cost of oil end ammonia
purchased by him before the period in which the Municipality
worked the machine. None of these liabilities were admitted.,
since they were all incurred by Mr. Khunji on his own authority
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alone, during the period Sheikh Ahmed took no/interest in the
concern. The Adviser stated that the sum of Rs.1880/- was on.
deposit and would be paid as soon as their claim to half the
building was settled. He added that this could easily be
ascertained by the production of the original accounts end
that it was useless his approaching Mr. Khunji f s agent as he
could only act after consulting his principal vd ; ich took an
inordinate tine. This is how the matter stands at the present
moment, unless Mr. Belgrave has come to any arrangement with
Mr. Khunji f s solicitors in England.
13. It will be seen that Mr.Khunji has claimed at various
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(i) that Shaikh Hamad had no right to sell his share
in the partnership.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:19v, 21r:24v, 26r:27v, 30r:41v, 45r:48v, 52r:52v, 55r:55v, 57r:90v, 93r:105v, 108r:109v, 111r:114v, 124r:127v, 164r:166v, 169r:169v, back-i, back
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