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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [103v] (217/322)
The record is made up of 1 volume (159 folios). It was created in 22 May 1913-8 Aug 1928. 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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Subject:-Proposed rendition of G'vadur to
the Khan of Kalat.
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r .ith reference to your demi-official letter {]o.289-S. >
dated the 16th October 1921, I am desirod to say that it has
been decided net to proceed '.vith the question. The iiultan
of ^iaskat has signified his intention to include Gwadur in
the iiaskat customs control, and this solved the problem from
the ilaskat point of viev since it rould greatly increase
the revenue of the State and do a vT ay "ith the regi .ie of
Llohammed Hemco. The sale or rendition of G^vadur thus became
unnecessary from the point of vie'- of Maskat and it v ould
be difficult to lake out a case on the sole ground of
resultant benefit to the Kalat State. It vas indeed the
essence of the case to shc v ; first and fore lost th^t benefit
Tould accrue to -laskat fro i the rendition, and, failing
this, it was feared that any attempt to pre^s the matter
v. T ould only be classed as another instance of land-grabbing
on the part of the British Government.
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The ilon'ble Lieut .-Colonel
A. ?. Trevor, O.S.I., O.I.ii.,
Political Eesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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The file relates to proposals to prospect for oil at Gwadar (mainly referred to in the papers as 'Gwadur'), and discussions over the ownership and proposed cession of the area, which was in the territory of the Sultan of Muscat.
The file includes the following papers:
- correspondence concerning demarcation of the boundary between Gwadar and Kalat, 1913-1915
- papers relating to the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty over Gwadar and the claims of the Khan of Kalat to Gwadar, 1913-1928, including correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel R A E Benn, 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 Muscat, Major Stuart George Knox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, and D de S Bray, Quetta, dated April-June 1914, discussing the possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat and noting possible objections on the part of the French; trade statistics for Gwadar and Muscat for a period of three years, June 1914; letter from R E L Wingate, 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. , Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel A P Trevor, Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire setting out reasons for a possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat, 27 April 1920; papers discussing the history and relative strength of the claims to Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat on the one hand, and the Khan of Kalat and the Gitchkis on the other, 1926-1928
- proposals by the Burmah Oil Company Limited to prospect for oil in Gwadar, 1914, including a map of territories (scale one inch = four miles) over which a prospecting licence was required by the company (folio 33), with description (folio 34)
- statistics of trade for the years 1910-1913 relating to Chahbar, 1914
- rules for the grant of mineral leases, 1914
- details of trade statistics relating to Gwadar, 1914
- report on oil on the Makran coast by Lieutenant Colonel Keyes, 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. , Kalat, 28 January 1928.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (159 folios)
- Arrangement
Contains an index of six topics at the front of the volume.
Arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. An original foliation sequence (not circled) links the folio numbers in the index at the front of the volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/378
- Title
- 'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:30v, 35r:64v, 66r:76v, 78r:79v, 80ar:80bv, 81r:83v, 86r:96v, 97ar:97bv, 98r:155v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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