مجموعة ٣٠/ ٣٦ "البحرين: ادعاء يوسف لطفعلي خنجي، وهو أحد الرعايا الفارسيين، ضد الشيخ حمد فيما يخص مصنع للثلج" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٤] (٣٤٠/٣٢٧)

No. 1598 of 1930.
Political Agency, Bahrain,
the 9th November 1930
BY AIR MAIL
Y.L. Khonji Esq.,
95 St.Andrews Road North,
St.Annes-on-Sea,
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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, 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, Bahrain.
to the public by him