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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [142r] (294/322)
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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beyond what is necessary for the eTfeotual protec
tion of the wolfing parties of the Telegraph within
the Khalat territory and the possessions of the
3u 11an of Muscat should "be attempted without express
orders from the Governor General in Council.
3, when on the spot you will "be the best Judge
of what number and description of men will he required
for the purpose of protection; "but His Excellency in
Council requests that you will "bear in mind that there
is probably a good deal of empty "bluster in the letter
from the Governor of Bunpoor.
4. It is certainly not for the want of will that
the Persians have hitherto abstain© d from attempting to
possess themselves of the Sultan * s ports on the Melaran
Coast, and if the Persians did not feel disposed to --
meddle with the Sultan when he stood alonQ, it is not
likely they will do so now, when the attempt would he
an act of direct hostility against the British Govern
ment.
5. You will probably find that if you leave at
Guadur, the Officer whom you have "been authorized to
select as Assistant to trie
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.
at Kheiat,
with a small personal escort such as the Officer would
under any circumstances require, nothing will "be seen
of any Persian force, and even should any attack "be
attempted, the Sultan's Governor, with the moral --
support which the presence of a British Agent and his
escort, assisted "by the Telegraph Officers and their
guards will afford, would doubtless "be able to protect
our Telegraph parties from "being interrupted.
6. His Excellency in Council anticipates that
you will "be able to leave at Guadnr a Gunboat ^fiiich
will be useful to communicate with the work in g parties
on the coast, as well as with Muscat and Kurrachee.
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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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