Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory' [135r] (269/340)
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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■I. — ' *1
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS,
1917, No. 116.
FOREIGN JURISDICTION.
The Bahrein (Amendment)
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1917.
The Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of
January, 1917.
Present,
The King’s Most Excellent Majesty
Lord President
Lord Chamberlain
Lord Cowdray
Sir Frederick Ponsonby
Sir John Jordan
Mr. J. W. Gulland
Mr. Thomas Wiles
Mr. L. S. Jones.
Whereas by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, and
other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in
Bahrein :
And whereas by “ The Bahrein
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1913,” pro
vision was made for the exercise of such jurisdiction :
And whereas by Article 79 (1) of the said Order it was provided
that the said Order should come into force on such day within six
months of its publication in the “ Gazette of India,” as the
Governor-General of India in Council might, by notification in
the said “Gazette,” appoint in that behalf:
And whereas the said Order was published in the “ Gazette of
India” on the 3rd February, 1915:
And whereas by “ The Bahrein (Amendment)
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
,
1915,” the words “ one year ” were substituted for the words
“six months” in Article 79 (1) of the said Bahrein Order in
Council, 1913, and it was further provided that it should be
lawful for the Secretary of State, by notice given under his
hand, to extend the said period of one year for such period,
not exceeding twelve months, as might be prescribed in the said
notice, and that such notice should be published in the “ Gazette
of India ” :
And whereas the Secretary of State has, by notices given under
his hand, extended the said period of one year for a period of
twelve months, and such notices have been published in the
“ Gazette of India ” :
[Price Id. Net.]
(2235r—15.) Wt. G9—726. 125. 2/17. D & S. G. 10.
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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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- 167r:168v, 129r:156v
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