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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [140r] (290/322)
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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The Reverend Mr. Badger in his report to Government
No. 9 of the 3rd June 1361, writes, "Charbar was
taken "by Seyzed Sultan, grand-father of the present
ruler of Muscat, alDout a century ago, and has since
remained in the an disputed possession of his suc
cessors" . But whether the statement he false or true,
the merits of the Question are not affected. The
Pe r si an G-o ve mm en t i t se 1 f coul d n o t summ aril y re sume
territory of whicii it ha.d placed the Imaum in posses
sion; a for t iori , such a proceeding by a subordinate
orficial, proiBssedly acting without orders from his
Government, would be a most gross outrage.
4, i nave little doubt tnat the Governor of
Bunpoor acts under secret instructions from Tehran.
This view is confiimed by a letter which I have just
received from Major Henry G-reen, C.I.3. From this I
learn that this same Governor of Bunpoor has sent an
Elchee to the Khan of Khelat, nominally to complain of
one Az ad Khan of Khar an, "but, "his real ohject". Major
G-reen writes, "is to obtain a pretext for / advancing
towa.rd3 Beloochistan."
6. These proceedings, coupled with the
recently avowed deteimination of the Persians to
interfere in the affairs of Herat, suggest a fear that
the time is not distant when we shall "be again "brought
into collision with Persia. It may "be as well to con
sider at once how we can "best fortify ourselves against
such an event.
6. It is, I think, most desirable that we
should obtain Gwader from the Imaum, either by purchase
or on lease. Your Excellency is already well aware of
the advantages which this position would give us, and
it is therefore unnecessary forme to ennumera,te thorn.
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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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- Open Government Licence