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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [116v] (243/322)
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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Hendition of Gwadur. .;o9
I ciiii not certain v/.iether you v/ish, to taJce
up the case until the Air J .oute situation is
clearer.
ihe f» ox I, ■ -< -\fe asicec us to ^jrociuce
contrary arguments to the rendition of Gwadur,
and as wejhave nothing in our oi'iice which
goes back "before 1913 ( J uscat used forLierl^
to correspond direct v/ith Govt. ) we have, had
' j o <-osix one _ ,A, ,uscat !so report. His report
is below and covers the ground fully, I do
not see what xuore \.e can do than forward it
to the G .of I. with perhaps a few reiaarks.
The situation is perlectly clear.
If in 1865 the Governixent of Bombay informed
the Gorrjiiissioner in Sind that the Khan's claim
o0 rwadur was as little sustainable as his clt-^
to JCarachi, and as little deserving of counte
nance, it must be obvioms that in 1927, 64
years later, without the discovery 01 any fresk
and convincing evidence we cannot make out
any case for Kalat, other than that sel± in
terest may die Gate.
The Ivalat cl^ixi^so 1 ur as it has ^e
put forward by the P.A. in the letter that
govt have forv/arded to us, has beun fulij
dealt Vv'ith by the P.A.muscat, but as v, e are
not in possession of the full case, which
was detailed in letter ITo, 51 from the A.G.G.
Baluchistan bo the G.of I. aa^ed dated the 20tk
of January T 04 we are somewaht in the dark sea
about
ta its naisxs:, x or they , .ust rely on something
better than the P.A.Kalat has put forward in
his lette r to combaj* nearly 150 ^ears of adver
possession.
In the meantime we may forward the re
port to Govt; ^
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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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