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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [113v] (237/322)
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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(rOTernment considered that the title of the Muscat State to
dBr{ve4
Gwadur»whether ralld or othervriso originally,ho.d doy^rTod
a prescriptiTe force from mere lapoo of time# in April 1863
the Commiooioner in bind was informed by the CjoTernment of
.Bombay that the 5iian*B claim to Gwadur was as littlo sus-
-tainable as his claim to Karachi and as little deserring
of countenance.(Lsrimer ? s Gazetteer of the Persian Uulf V#l,
I page 605 j.
Lieut«Colonel
A report no.5 dated 22nd January 1864 fron^/tloryy
■t^Tssa^ay i*.J»Goldsmid,on special duty,to the Gorernment of
Bombay states;-" In paragraph 17 of my report dated the 19th
ultimo^ quoting from a diary of one naji Abdul nabb^I mention-
-ed the "fSrahuis^ half of ijwadur H as haying been giren in
grant by Mir Bussir Khan to Saiyid bultan"# In explanation an^,
I may add,in confirmation of this assertion it is now stated
that,in former days,Gwadur was in the hands of the folaidi
Beloochis. aussir Khan , in consolidating his dominions of
Belooohistan into one Gorernment,demanded the whole rerenue,
but a compromise was admitted under the terms of which he
restored half of the colleotions to these -Bolaidis# When the
Imam was put in possession,he also paid this half to the same
claimants; but after a time,finding his power more deeply
rooted^he refused to acknowledge the obligation and the
JSolaidis were thrown out of possession altogether* I am not
sure that the claim of Khelat or of J(edje,upon Gwadur,BO fre-
-quently discussed of late,would not^if thouroughly sifted / be
found to originate in this former right of the -Beloochie to
half the rerenues raised by the imam,and not to the town
itself,which was a free gift,with the other half rerenue. In
this riew,our right to raise the question of reriral of claim
on behalf of Khelat would not,it is presumed^ ie recognized by
Gorernment or contemplated for a moment#"
The aboTe report^a copy of which is in my records)shows that
both Kalat and the Gichki Chief of Kej were claiming thtee
rerenues in 1864,and discounts somewhat the eTidence of the
UtchJcis and the Rhan oontalned in the latter half of para 3
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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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