Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [108r] (215/340)
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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; 95 St.Ar^lrew« Road Worth,
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i 9 C \ 2Hhd August, 1930.
To The Municipality at Bahrein.
Oentleiaen,
I am informed that Shaikh Hamad Alkhalifa has aol<!
to you his share in our lea-making
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bahrein and
that he has handed to you the key of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
and you
are now in possession and working the plant and raaohinery
for your own use.
I give you notice that Shalfth Hemed had no
authority from me to dispose of his share in the business
and I am not prepared to accept you as my partner in the
business.
I am advised that in law you have 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 the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and the well which is the source of the water supply to the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is n$y personal property and ha* never been
partnership property.
Therefore, unless you immediately surrender the
keys of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
premises to my Agent, ]*r* Mohaised Rafi
Abdulkader and give your immediate undertaking to cease
from entering upon my land and/or from using the water
supply from my well and/or from using the Ice-making plant
and machinery, I will hold you responsible for all damage
and loss sustained by me in consequence of your wrongful
actions.
I may add that immediately it is possible I
intend to bring the whole matter before the Political
Agent in Bahrein.
f1thout prejudice I am prepared to purchase
from you the share which you have bought from Shaikh
/Hamed
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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'
- Pages
- 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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