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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' [107r] (213/340)
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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warn
triokss he had at firat addreaaed a letter to Yueuf Khonjl
making to him a proposition to buy his shares in the
business under certain arbitrary conditions while fixing
a time-limit of 10 days. Then, notwithstanding the fact
that Yusuf Khenji had agreed telegraphically to the
proposal made by the Sheikh, the latter had handed over
to the Municipality his share in the business with the
monopoly right for 5 years with the intention of making
Yu r uf 1 s share useless. The Municipality had, thereupon,
forcibly taken possession of the plant immediately.
The British
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.
has, in reply to the protest
made by Yusuf's attorney against such arbitrary conduct,
had recourse to some ridiculous and weak statements,
saying, for instance, that if the monopoly right has been
granted to the Municipality, Yusuf Lutfali Bhonji can
remove his share of the machine to another island.
Further, he (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.
) has, in support of the
action taken by the Sheikh in selling his share to the
Municipality, while being fully conscious of the real
state of affairs, written that Yusuf had been invited
to buy Sheikh Mamed's share, but he did not take
advantage of the offer!!
I should, therefore, record my Government's
protest and surprise, along with a aeries of the former
protests, at thisaaort of Illegal and arbitrary acts which
are being perpetrated in Bahrein with the assistance and
connivance of the British officials there.
I avail myself of the opportunity, etc..
(Signed) Feroughi
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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
- 106r:107v, 56r:56v
- Author
- Foroughi, Mohammed Ali
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