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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [112v] (235/322)
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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i^gcnt Kalat's letter;. '
'hi o.
Another ejjpedition against Gwadur waa by Ahuda Dad Ilhan "but
hatd to be abandoned*
ATTEJSiTS TO KECC^nilR The claims of the iQian of &alat to Uiradur
GWADTJR THROUGH THE
BRITISH GOVERHUEHT. appear to hare been represented to Gorernment
for the first time by Major Henry Grecn # C»-B ## Politi«al Agent,Ralat #
in his unnumbered despatch dated liarch 27th 1861^ a copy of which
is in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
records.
It was then contended by the Ruler of Kalat that the town and port
of Gwadur had been lent to aaiyid Sultan, the Imam of Muscat about
the middle of the eighteenth century to enable him to quell an
insurrection in some of his territories on the coast to tjp® west-
-ward,after which it was to be restored to its owner; but that
the then Khan dying and the country falling into a state of anarchy
the successors of Saiyid Sultan had taken adrantage of those cir-
-cumstances to retain possession of Gwadur.
In his official report iso.9 dated 3rd of June 1861 # the Rrrd .G.P.
Badger states that the Tgyanrt most probable account of the manner
in ^hich Gwadur fell into the hands of tJaiyid Sultan was gifen him
by an old iseloochee Chief at Muscat whose relatiyes had been in
the serrice of the Imam for seyeral generations and whose narratiTe
of facts correspond^generally with the natife chronicles of those ±
times.
He stated that Saiyid Sultan,the fifth but the braTest son of
Ahmed,the first of the reigning Muscat dynasty,haying rebelled
against his father, repaired to the Khan of iLhelat and sought his
aid in dethroning him. The Khan,wishing to hare a friendly power
possessed of a naTal force to protect his coast,and foreseeing
that Sultan would erentually succeed to the muscat soTereignty,sc
far Tolunteered him assistance as to gire him in perpetuity the
town and port of Gwadur,the only attached condition being that
he should alway* defend the place against the enemies of Khelat.
Considering the unimportance of Gwadur at the time and the HhanU
inability from want of ships to guard it from attack,the ReTd.
-Badger thought / there was no improbability in this story / seTeral
of the faots on which it was founded being supported by contem-
-porary Arabian historians.
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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'
- 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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