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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [114v] (239/322)
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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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'e letter which tries to show
that they were enjoying rexenue and tribute subsequent to
that date*
In this connection I would also refer you ^to the report by
llajor F*J»Goldsmid>^ Assistant Coajaissioner in S±nd # on his
siission to i&ekran dated 22nd February 1862 paragraph 95 et seq*
He states
" Mr John i^Leod in his letter Ho»457 of the 14th HoTember
1853 submitted a representation on the part of the mercantile
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coaaiunity of Gwadur,addressed to the Coamssioner in Sind.co*-
-plaining of oppression and praying for protection#
It was stated that J^aqueer Mahoaed of Kedje had within
the previous seven years,appeared before the town with a force
for purposes of plunder# 500 Reals had been levied froa the
iiunyas to defend the place of which 200 had been paid to the
Chief of Kedje to induce his withdrawal# Other specific cases
were cited#
In his notes to the petition// wr HacLeod. enters into
details on the above-aentioned raid or the Salooch soldiery",
Mr MacLeod^ object in aaking this representation was
to obtain the interference of Governaent in securing protection
to the petitioners whoa he looked upon as .British subjects.all
connected with our province of Sind# He did not consider that
the petty chief who held CJwadur for the la&a of Muscat had any
interest beyond the confines of his own town,and thus merchants
and traders were "obliged to secure the goodwill of soae one
of the independant^ J3elooch Chiefs in the part of the country
they wish to trade in#"
A correspondence ensued upon the aatters reported,with
the Political Superintendent of the frontier,the late Brigadier
General,then Major Jacob; but it was not thought advisable to
agitate the question further"#
The above report raises a suspicion that the claias
ot the Gichxis and Las Bailah to a share in the revenues of
LJwadur aay be founded on payaents aade by the iJanias to buy
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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
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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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