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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' [165r] (329/340)
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. 1651 of 1930.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
the 22nd November, 1930.
BY AIR MIL.
From -
Captain C.G.Prior, I.A.,
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 -
Messrs Hall, B r ydon .& Chapman,
Soli citors,
56a Mosley Street,
MANCH ESTER.
Sirs,
I have the honour to refer to your letter of the 31st
October 1930 and to refer you to a letter which I addressed
your client on the 9th November of which I enclose a copy.
(l) Since the matter may com© before me in a
judicial capacity I am unable to offer any comment on your
client’s position, but since your client himself admits hav
ing enjoyed a monopoly at the hands of the Bahrain Government
for 5 years, a monopoly which has since lapsed, he cannot now
m————
deny their right to grant such monopolies. In fact, since
they have full financial control, there is nothing whatever
to prevent them doing what they please.
(2) It is true that your client will be unable to
produce ice in Bahrain in the future, but there is nothing
to prevent him moving his share of theplant to the Mainland
or any other country he chooses.
(3) The Financial Adviser to the Bahrain Government
onforms me that the Municipality will pay your client’s
half share of this Summer’s earnings upon demand. The
Municipality, he informs me, have no intention whatever
of working in partnership with your client, i n fact they
1.
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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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