Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [‎115r] (229/340)

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*fh« tJrider Beoretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
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Sir,
Wo >mre Wen consulted by Fir, Y.L. Khonjl, a
Persian snbjeofe, of 36 College Drive, r? halley Ranine,
Fanohester, with reference to sert&in trenaaotions whiah
have ta^n place in Bahrein, Persia and with which our
olient is connected.
* •.., ,j fe are instructed to
bring the following facts before you for your consideration
and attention.
For some tisse prior to 1930 there had been a
demand for an loo Factory An East India Company trading post. to be erected at Bahrein, and we
are instructed that several suggestions were put forward for
the comajencement of auoh a business. Hone of these
materialised, however, until our client was approached by the
*hen 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. and at his request our olient decided
to build and equip an Ice-making business on the Island.
As an Inducement to embark on this venture, the Political
A rent arranged that our client should have a monopoly for
5 years in order that there should be no unfair competition
until the business was properly established.
Sheikh Bamed who is, we understand, now the
ruler of Bahrein, desired to enter into the business and
accordingly he and our client became partners each providing
the same amount of capital and agreeing that profits and
losses of trading be divided equally. jj
hereupon, in 1921 a factory An East India Company trading post. for the
production of ice was erected on land belonging to our
client in Bahrein and two duplicate freezing plants were
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