Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [‎114r] (227/340)

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isae of 1930 .
BY AIB MAlt:
Politioai Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. # B«hr«ln f
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, the~#tfr November, 1930.
Y.Ii. Kbonjl Baqr.,
95 St.Andrews Hoad Korth #
St.Annes-on-Gea, Lancs.
Poar Sir,
Please refer to your letter dated the 15th
August 1930 which has boon submitted to roe upon tey return
to Bahrein.
$lno© you are a Porel^a subject and have a
o la las against His K>:oellonoy Shaikh Hamad, an inhabitant of
Bahrein, your os a© will be one for the Joint Court (of which
the two members are normally His Kxoellenoy and myself) and
English Law will not apply. His Bxoe!le?iey would no doubt
appoint another rcersber of the al Khalifa in his place, if
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he was personally interested in a case, and in the normal
way, the matter would probably be referred to the Majlis el
Jrfi of local merchants to be decided according to local
custom.
Your fear of being obliged to take the
fcunlalpality ss a partner is unfounded since they now intend
to remove their engine and work It on a more convenient al
They have no Intention of working the machine in partnerah
I believe tf-are is a possibility that your
Ageat may be prosecuted for fraud, since during the
concluding yo&ra of the partnership he showed the Shaikh’s
share annually as a loss of several thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
who re as the ^unioloailty have made a profit of 3700/-* in
just ovor 2 months while selling apparently superior ice
at one third the rate charged to the public by him.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) 0*0. Prior. Captain,
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. , Bahrein.