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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' [49r] (97/340)
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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ronv of a/letter dated tki* i&nd August, 1930, irom iir.
: Lu^fally Khonji, 95 St.Andrews Hoad Nortn, St. Anaes-on-
ea to xJie .\uiiicipality at Bahrain.
1 am informea that ShaiKh Hamad Al Khalna nas sold to you
nis snare in our Ice-making
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bahrain and that ne nas
handed to you the Jteys of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
and you are now in possess-
-ion and wonting tne plant and machinery ior your own use.
I give you notice that ShaiKh hamd had no authority irom
me to dispose of nis share in tne ousineas and I am not prepared
to accept you as my partner in the Business.
I am advised that in law you nave no right to enter the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
premises without my consent and you must certainly
understand that the land adjoining tne iactory and the well
which is the source of the water supply to tne lactory is my
personal property and nas never been partnership property.
Therefore, unless you immediately surrender the Keys ox the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
premises to my agent, Mr. iohamed Rail Abdul wader ana £
give your immediate undertaking to cease from entering upon my
land and or from using the water supplied irom my well, and or
from using tne Ice-maicing plant and. mactunery, I will nold you
responsible lor all damage and loss sustained by me m
consequence of your wrongful actions*
I may acid tnat iin ediately it is possible I intend xo briri£
the whole matfeBr before tne
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.
Without preju dice - I am prepared to purchase from you the
share which you nave bought from ShaiKh Hamad lor tne same price
and upon the same terms as you nave purchased tne same*
Alternatively, and also without prejudice I am prepared to sell
to you my share in the easiness lor 30,000/-
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, out I am
not prepared under any circumstances to sell to you the well in
my garden nor allow you to use the water therelrom.
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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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- Title
- Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
- Pages
- 157r:160v, 81r:r:81v, 49r:49v, 42r:43v, 13r:13v
- Author
- Khunji, Yusof Lutfi Ali
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