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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' [139r] (277/340)
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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10 . Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to relieve any
officer or person in the service of His Majesty of the duty, as
far as there is proper opportunity, of promoting reconciliation
and encouraging and facilitating the settlement in an amicable
way, and without recourse to litigation, of matters in difference
between persons subject to this Order, or between persons
subject to this Order and persons who are not subject to this
/ ^* N- der, within the limits of this Order.
Part II.—Application of Haw of British India and of the
United Kingdom.
11. —( 1 ) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, and to
any Treaties for the time being in force relating to Bahrein,
His Majesty’s criminal and civil jurisdiction in Bahrein shall,
so far as circumstances admit, be exercised on the principles of,
and in conformity with, the enactments for the time being
applicable as hereinafter mentioned of the Governor-General of
India in Council, and of the Governor of Bombay in Council,
and in accordance with the powers vested in, and the course of
procedure and practice observed by and before, the Courts in
the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Bombay beyond the limits of the ordinary
original jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay
according to their respective jurisdiction and authority, and so
far as such enactments, powers, procedure, and practice are
inapplicable, shall be exercised in accordance with justice,
equity, and good conscience.
(2) The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Order
shall as from the commencement of this Order apply to all
persons subject to this Order.
(3) Any other existing or future enactments of the Governor-
General of India in Council, or of the Governor of Bombay in
Council, may he applied to Bahrein by King’s Regulations
under Article 70 of this Order.
(4) Any Act of the Governor-General of India in Council, or
of the Governor of Bombay in Council, whether passed before
or after the commencement of this Order, amending or substi
tuted for any Act of either of those Legislatures which applies
or may he applied to Bahrein, shall, subject to the provisions of
this Article, also apply to Bahrein.
(5) The Court may construe any enactments in force in
Bahrein, under the provisions of this Article, with such altera
tions not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper
to adapt the same to the matter before the Court.
12. The enactments described in the first schedule to the
Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, shall apply to Bahrein, as if it
were a British colony or possession, but subject to the provisions
of this Order, and to the exceptions, adaptations, and modifications
following, that is to say :—
(i) The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is herebv
substituted for the Governor of a colony or British
possession, and the Chief Court is hereby substituted
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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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- Coll 30/36 'Bahrain: claim of Yusuf Lutfali Khunji a Persian subject against Shaikh Hamad in respect of an ice factory'
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- 167r:168v, 129r:156v
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