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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' [152r] (303/340)
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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Cont'n Sheet No. 2
24/13/30
The Under Secretary of State
to for Foreign Affairs. Date
day after the letter from Shaikh Hamed, that gentleman had taken
the key of the business premises from our client’s agent in
Bahrain and handed it to the Municipality who thereupon took
immediate possession of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
*
Although our client accepted tie terms of the letter
of the 29th July which were offered by the Municipality, it is
obvious that Shaikh Earned had no intention whatever of selling
his share of the business to our client.
^ Upon receipt of the information as to the Municipality
taking possession of and working the Plant at the Ice
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
,
our client wrote them the letter dated 22nd Aug&st 1930 copy of
which is sent herewith* In reply he received the letter dated
the 4th Ootober 1930, copy of whichis sent herewith*
io On the 15th August last our client wrote 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.
at Bahrain the letter, copy of which is sent
herewith, setting out the circumstances and requesting him to
take steps to protect his interests. As no reply to this
letter had been received by the 31st October, we ourselves wrote
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.
and we enclose a copy of our letter to him
and a copy of his reply dated the 22nd Kovember 1930. ’#e
enclose copy of the letter which 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.
wrote our
client on the 9th Hovember 1930.
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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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- 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
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- Messrs Hall, Bryden and Chapman Solicitors
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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
- 167r:168v, 129r:156v
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