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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [35r] (74/380)
The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 11 May 1929-13 Jun 1932. 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 n,Dove post Office,
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then there was a talk of Gwadur*s
"beirg made a station for the lET|>erlal Aeroplanes on
their way to India via Arabian littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
a temporary ©"bservatory was set up in Gwadur to record wind
directions, mist and rainfal ^tc. At present the observatory
is staffed lay t^o Indian jmici^A jjy.Oj ^Aio are accomodated
in the building known as "Signal1 era» Quarters" situated to
the north of Government Post Office.
About 16 dust stoms passed off during the
year under report* Their directions ^ r 0re generally from -Test
or from
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
to South
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
, The iruportant of those -rinds
attended with some damage to the trees and "boats "blew on the
1st; : orch 19?8 an^, the 10th December 19PR respectively,
A • Janshu' was drowned by the wind that blew on the 1st ^arcli
19?B #
It is* hoped that an emergency aerodrome -fill
soon be made by Imperial Airways Authorities, at Kagur a
village situated at a distance of about miles from Gwadur.
^he following lines will show the number with
dates of arrivals and departures of the aeroolanes that lands
or passed through Gwadur Territory:-
16-S-19P8 An aeroplane flying towards Karachi
was seen at ^bout 5 P.ii,
S6-4-19P9 Sound of an aeroplane was heard flying
towards Charbar but it could rot be
seen or Bade out«
12-5-.19PR " »• - «
19-9-19PR ^n aeroplane flying towards Karachi
wn,s seen at about ? P.M. \
; ' ' \
9-10-19?R An aeroplane flying towards Karachi
was seen at about 10 A.ii.
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- Content
The file covers political, economic and general matters at Gwadar (which is referred to throughout as ‘Gwadur’). The file includes Annual Report of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Gwadar for the year 1928, written by the British Agent, M Waris Ali, which includes sections on ancient history; area and population; main villages of the Gwadar territory; languages, religion and instruction; constitution, government and justice; British and state representatives; cases settled during the year under report; defence; passports and certificates of identity; frontier news in brief; shipping, communications and trade; foreign and inland commerce and the way in which both have contributed to bring about a destructive effect on Gwadar trade; fish trade; state customs, finance and baladiah; sanitation and doctor; climate, soil, rainfall and agriculture; production, industries and manufactures; mineralogy; slaves and their manumission; government buildings and their upkeep; government post office and telegraph office; meteorological and aeroplanes; banking and currency; weights and measures; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; distinguished visitors to Gwadar during the year under report; archaeology; locusts; earthquakes; tides and tempests; and obituary for the late British agent, Raja King Lal Khan, who had committed suicide after going insane one night as a result of ‘super abundance [sic] of passport drudgery and other work mixed with anxieties and cares’.
The file also includes papers relating to communal disturbances at Gwadar between Khojas/Aga Khanis (who were British subjects) and Baluchis (subjects of the Sultan of Muscat). The troubles, which followed allegations of the defilement of a mosque with dung by Khojas, resulted in deaths of two members of the Khoja community, 1929-1932
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (188 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are 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 page. There is also an old foliation system (not circled), numbered 1 (folio 6); then 98 (folio 103) - end of volume.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/379
- Title
- 'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 99ar:99bv, 100r:111v, 114r:185v, 186ar:186av, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence