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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' [162r] (323/340)
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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BY AIR MIL.
56a Mosley Street,
MAHCHESTER,
31st October, 1930.
His Britannic Majesty's
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.
,
Bahrein,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
We have been consulted by Mr Y.L. Khonji of this City
with reference to the busines of Ice making carried on by him
formerly in partnership with Sheikh Hamed at Bahrein, and we have
before us a copy of the letter which our client wrote to you on
the 15th August last and to which no reply has yet been received.
Subsequent to the writing of that lette-r, our client
was informed that the keys of the Ice-making
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bahrein
had been handed by Sheikh Hamed to the Municipality and the ly^tei
had entered into possession of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
and was working for
their own use the whole of the pkart and machinery therein.
Upon receiving such information our client wrote a letter to the
Municipality, a copy of which is enclosed, and he has received
in reply a letter dated the 4th October 1930, a copy of which is
also enclosed, together with a copy of the letter we have written
in r eply thereto.
You will observethat the Municipality in their letter
state that they have been granted by the Government of Bahrein a
five years' sole monopoly for the sale of Ice in Bahrein, and
they state that neither our client nor an- other person has the
right to sell Ice in Bahrein. Both our client and we are
absolutely at a loss to understand the position of the matter.
,7e are instructed that Sheikh Hamed, with whom our client was
formerly in partnership, is the head of the Bahrein Government
and if this is so, we do not understand how Sheikh Hamed can
dispose of his share in the partnership to the Bahrein Municipalit
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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'
- 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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