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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [96v] (201/322)
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 valueKxsjbc&KadtacK of the revenues of G^a, ar it it
difficult tb estimate accurately^as no records exist^and in
view of the peculiar way in which it is now run it is quite
impossible to obtain any. In 1914 it was ascertained that the
customs were farmed for Re.60,000/- per year, and that of§ers
had been received for more than this sum but had iDeen refused
as the Sultan was anxious to keep them in the hands of Remooe
At present it is possible that the Sultan receives actually
less than Rs.60,000/- owin^ to his assumed indebtedness to
Remoo, It may at least be assumed that the customs are v^ortii
Xxxlxxi Rs» 1,00,00/- a year to Remoo i^xpusixxa.
The possibility of the lease or cession of
G-wadar by the Sultan of Muscat has on more than one occasion
been considered by Government. In 190i the Government of India
owing to the position of the town with regard to the arms
traffic ,and the possibility that other powers might take an
Interest in the place which was surrounded by territory under
British control, suggested that an attempt should oe lade
through the Khan of Kalat to obtain the cession of Gwadar on
reasonable termsCSecret letter No.159 dated 4/9/C^ froa ! ..e
G of I to the S of S for Inlia). The Government of India were
also of opinion that the Anglo -French declaration of 1862 did
not present a bar to such a transaction. however
negatived the suggestion on the grounds that it would almost
certainly be strfcngly opposed by the French.
At the end of 1913 the question of the possible
rendition of Gwadar was again raised over the intention to
demarcate the boundary between Gwadar and Kalat. In this
connection the Sultan Sayld Faisal placed the Matter of the
demarcation of the boundary entirely in the hands of the
British government. Ix Owing to 3 ay id Faisal's ' eata vm
afterwards and the fact that our relations with France as
regards the treaty were still unsettled the question was
dropped. It was however raised the next year again oj one
A.G.Q-. in Baluchistan, but again seems to have been shelved.
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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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- '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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