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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' [116r] (231/340)
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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Instailed - the Initial eoat of our olient^ share being
35,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
From 1922 until 1928 considerable trouble was
experienced in establishing the business owing chiefly to
difficulties in the Engineering line but in 1929 our client
was able to overcome these difficulties, with the result
that the business improved.
Our client received a letter dated (2nd
Rabrawal) or 29th July 1930 from Shaikh named containing
certain propositions and stating that u&ilest our client
within 10 days agreed to one of these propositions Shaikh
Haisaed would sell his share to the municipality. Immediately
upon receipt of this letter on the 6th August 1930, our
client cabled Shaikh Hamed agreeing to purchase the share
on the same terms and conditions ss offered by the
j Funielnality. ** subsequently appeared by letter received
froa our client # s Agent, that on the 30th July f 1030, that
is, the day after the letter from Shaikh Hamed, that
gentleman had taken the key of the business promisee from
our clientagent in Bahrein and handed it to the
Municipality who thereupon took immediate possession of
the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
Although our client accepted the terms of
the letter of the 29th July which were offered by the
Municipality, it is obvious that Sheikh Hamed had no
intention whatever of selling hia share of the business
to our client.
Upon receipt of the information as to the
Munioioality taking possession of and working the Plant at
the Ice
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, our client wrote the® the letter dated
22nd August 1930 copy of which is sent herewith. In reply
he received the latter dated the 4th October, 1930, a copy
/of
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3749
- Title
- Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
- Pages
- 162r:163v, 128r:128v, 150r:156v, 115r:123v, 111r:113v108r:109v, 53r:54v, 50r:51v
- Author
- Messrs Hall, Bryden and Chapman Solicitors
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