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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [141r] (292/322)
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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Mekran and Muscat, should Your Exceiienoy agree with
me as to the advisaMlity of despatching troops to
GwacTur, I "beg that you will telegraph to the Officer
Commanding the Division, desiring him to place at
my disposal as many men of the 1st Belooch Regiment
as I may think necessary. I consider that the
Beloochees will l3e far more useful than men of a
regular Native Infantry Regiment.
10. In considering the question of the
expediency of purchasing Gwadur, I have not alluded
to the claim which the Khans of Khelat have from time
to time made to the possession of that place. In their
letter to Sir Charles Wood, No. 44 of the 12th July --
1861, the Government of Bom "bay have expressed their
opinion that this claim is untenable; an d I do not --
myself think that either the Khan of Khelat or any of
his feudatories would raise any objection to our pur
chasing Gwadur, especially if they were made to under
stand that our object is to check the advance upon
their own territories of their hated enemies, the
Persians. A long lease might "be less likely to excite
their jealousy than an absolute purchase; "but on the
whole I consider that there is no ground of apprehension
sufficiently strong to induce us to forego the manifest
advantage s of independent p osse ssion .
11, I append to this letter a copy of my
replies to the Imaum and to Captain Dishrowe.
I have the honor to "be,
Hon* hie Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
Sd/-
Commr. Office, )
Kurrachee, _ )
9th April 1363. j
3. Mansfield.
Commissioner in Sin d.
P.S. Major Green has infoittied me that it is impossible
for him to spare any troops from Jacohabad.
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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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