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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' [155r] (309/340)
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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t
Hall & Co.
Cont'n Sheet No. 5
To
The Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs^ 24/12/20.
the machinery or other property of the partnership (which in
paragraph 2 of the Political Agent’s letter is stated to he
the intention of the Municipality) such would also he a wrongful
act which could he restrained with the same consequences.
ft Wa may say our client would agree to the matter being
settled either -
(1) By the whole undertaking being sold by Public Auction and
the proceeds being divided equally, or
(2) By each party taking one half of the machinery and each
being entitled to carry on a similar business on their own
account.
We might point out that in May 1929 Sheikh Earned
brought the question of the partnership before the Political
Agent and our clients Agent was called before that gentleman.
It was suggested by our client(s Agent that Sheikh Earned should
remove from the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
one of the two sets of Ice plant and
that th—enceforward each party should work on their awn account.
This was agreed to by Shaikh Earned said thereupon, we are told.
Judgment v/as entered by 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.
on these terms.
Three days after this decision an Engineer appointed by Sheikh
Earned attended at the Factoryfor the purpose of selecting and
removing one of the machines, but Sheikh Earned informed our
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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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- 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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