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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [111v] (233/322)
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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REPOR T OK THE REUDITION OJ* GWADUR TO THE KHAH 0"»? KALAT.
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Gwadur is the sole Burriring possession of muscat outside
Oman# It is the third largest port in the atate and furnishes
about one fifth of the revenues# At the present moment there
is in addition the prospect of oil concessions which might
prove valuable•
It appears to hare been granted to aaiyid Sultan in 1784 "by
ITasir Khan Ruler of JRalat and annexed "by Saiyid Sultan on his
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establishing his power at Muscat in 1792# It is said to hare
been an insignificant fishing Tillage at that time#
ATTEin^TS TO RECOTSR The following is a short summary of
GWADUR BY yORCE.
attempts made to recover Uwadur between 1792 and 1861 taken
from Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian txulf;-
iSndeaTours were made by the ^rahuis from time to time
to recover Gwadur but the weak rulers who followed flasir Khan
were incapable of carrying the matter to a successful issue#
.Between 1804 and 1807^ it is said^Mir Dostain the Bulaidai
Chief of barbaz took possession of Gwadur during the confusion
that followed the death of Sai^id Sultan but if the statement
is correct he was ejected after a short time#
About 183^according to Makrani tradition v shaikh ^asim Gichki
threatened Gwadur and succeeded in obtaining payment of the
Gichki moiety on account of two years#
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In 1847 Fakir Jiuhammad the JNaib of Aaij ^tested Gwadur with a
force of 1000 men."His object was to extract from iiaiyid
Thwaini a customary annual grant which had been withheld for
2 years#
He was kept off with idle promises and small payments till the
arrival of a force from Muscat obliged him to relinquish the
s*<ge#
In 1857 an expedition was organised by Nasir Khan II partly
with the object of recovering Gwadurjbut was apparently bought
off by the Arab Governor who presented a number of slaves,aW 4
sword to the Ruler of Aalat and possibly a sum of money vs well*
(These may be the slaves referred to in para#3 of the Political
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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.
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- 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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- 'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership'
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- 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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