مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٦ "البحرين: ادعاء يوسف لطفعلي خنجي، وهو أحد الرعايا الفارسيين، ضد الشيخ حمد فيما يخص مصنع للثلج" [و‎‎٨‎٧] (٣٤٠/١٧٣)

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NO' 88/1166 of 1932.
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ijf'itlbh KeBidency <ic GonBulate-General.
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i sjlufehire tne 7tii June 1932.
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I 3rwve the honour to invite a reference to
Mr Dodd’e despatch No 20b of the 12th ctooer 1931» re
garding tne claim of MX lOionj i against Shaikh Hamad of
Bahrain. 1 regret the delay in replying, out it has been
necessary to make detailed enquiries from the political
Agent. I now forward ,herewith,for your information cppies
of two letters received from the political Agent, which
now
show how the matter/stands.
2 . as Captain Prior points out there are only two
matters now outstanding {!) the division of the builaing
and ^2) a claim for a sum of 2,000 odd Kupeea. iue Otate
admit a liability for Us 1,880 but are unwilling to pay
until such time as Mr iusuf Khonji produces his ac ounts.
This in all the circumstances is natural. Firstly, it ic
eanential to prove whether the building was built with
joint unds, or merely out of Mr Klmnji's funds, and se
condly there are very str ng grounds for suspecting that
the accounts were not kept in due order, and oeiore tne
State definitely settles the claim they would naturaly
desire to be reassured on this point.
i do not think a settlement is ever likely to be
effected by correspondence through the many channels that
Mr Khonji tas adopted. It seem* to me obviou. that you
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His Majesty’s Minister,
British Legation,
Tehran
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