‘M. Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam versus Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain’

Content

The file comprises court papers, including affidavits and exhibits (copies of correspondence, telegrams, invoices, transhipment notes) used in support of an arbitration case brought by M Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika, against Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros. of Bahrain. The case was heard at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain on 14 and 15 August 1950, and was a financial dispute over payments for a shipment of ghee made by M Suleman Versi to Bahrain. A summary of the case is included at the front of the file (ff 3-5).

Extent and format

1 file (124 folios)

Arrangement

The majority of the file is arranged into appendices coming under an unspecified part labelled ‘C’. The appendices are numbered with Roman numerals and are ordered II through to VII, followed by I. Appendices are wrapped in larger sheets of paper, which form a header sheet (labelled ‘C’ with the corresponding appendix number) and rear cover sheet. Within those appendices containing correspondence, the papers are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest papers first, to the latest papers at the end. Summaries of the case (ff 3-11), and papers labelled ‘A’ (f 15) and ‘B’ (f 13) are located at the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1819

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Nov 1947-15 Aug 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ImportsExportsArbitrationCourt recordsCourt exhibitsGhee

Places

Dar es SalaamBahrain

People & organisations

M Suleman VersiAtkinson, Ainslie, Childs-Clarke & O'DonovanAhmed Fakhroo & Bros

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‘M. Suleman Versi of Dar es Salaam versus Ahmed Fakhroo & Bros of Bahrain’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1819, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022a> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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