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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' [164r] (327/340)
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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No. 1598 of 1930.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
the 9th November 1930
BY AIR MAIL
Y.L. Khonji Esq.,
95 St.Andrews Road North,
St.Annes-on-Sea,
LANCS. '
‘"'f ^
Dear Sir,
Please refer to your letter dated the 15th August
1930 which has been submitted to me upon my return to Bahrain.
Since you are a Foreign Subject and have a claim
against His Excellency Shaikh Hamad, an inhabitant of Bahrain
your case will be one for the Joint Court (of which the two
members are normally His Excellency and myself) and English
Law will not apply. His Excellency would no doubt appoint
another member of the al.Khalifa in his place, if he was
personally interested in a case, and in the normal way, ti e
matter would probably be referred to the Majlis el Urfi of
local merchants to be decided according to local custom.
Your fear of being obliged to tEke the Municipality
as a partner is unfounded since they now intend to remove
their engine and work it on a more convenient site. They have
no intention of working the machine in partnership.
I believe there is a possibility that your Agent
may be prosecuted for fraud, since during the concluding years
of the partnership he showed the Shaikh’s share annually as
a loss of several thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, whereas the Municipality
have made a profit of 3700/- in just over 2 months while
selling apparently superior ice at one third the rate charged
Yours faithfully,
Sd.
C.G. Prior. Captain
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.
, Bahrain.
to the public by him
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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
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:19v, 21r:24v, 26r:27v, 30r:41v, 45r:48v, 52r:52v, 55r:55v, 57r:90v, 93r:105v, 108r:109v, 111r:114v, 124r:127v, 164r:166v, 169r:169v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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