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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' [118r] (235/340)
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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tills the only one of its kind.
We shall be pleased if you will infomn us
what # in the oircuststanoea, laws apoly to the Island and
In what Court or way our elient f s olaiia would be decided,
as if it be either Britiflh or Indian t*w, our client would
desire to be represented b/ an Advocate specialising in
the particular law. Further, since any aetion brou^it by
our client would necessarily include Sheikh Hawed as a
Defendant, it seoxas an impossible situation that the latter
or any member of his (Jovemroent abould be in a position to
aot in any Judicial capacity.
If our client should be dissatisfied with
any decision given, can you inform ua whether there is any
appeal and If so t© what Court.
fe think you will agree that were Kngliah
Law to apply -
(a) the disoosftl by Sheikh Kaitsed of his share in the
partnership without our clients consent,, to the
Municipality, and
(b) the action of the Municipality in entering upon the
partnership reraises and working the plant without our
client # s consent
would be wrongful acts which could be restrained with
consequential damage® ana that if without our client's
consent they or any one else entered the premises and
resaoved any part of the inachlnery or other property of the
partnership (which in paragraph 3 of 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.
's
letter is stated to be the intention of the Municipality)
such would be a wrongful act which could be restrained with
the same consequences.
We siay say that our client would agree to
the matter being settled either •
(1) By the whole undertaking being sold by Public Auction
/and
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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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