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'File 22/29 Rendition of Gwadur to Kalat state' [4r] (7/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1946-18 Apr 1947. 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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CONFIDENTIAL -
B.O. Nc. 184 - S.
PtRSlAK GULF iiESlDEKCY,
BAHRAIN,
the 1st February, 1947.
Please refer to Dixon's deml official letter
No. F•67(2)-BPG/46 y dated the 14th January, 1947.
2. The Sultan's retention of Gwadur is somewhat
of an anachronism and from the purely practical point of
view there is much to be said in favour of its retrocession
by sale to lialat.
3. On the other hand a monarch like the Sultan
usually clings to every inch of his territory, and, with
Prior (cf. paragraph 2 of his demi official letter To*
C/484, dated the 26th September, 1939, to Caroe), I find
it difficult to believe that he would seriously consider
disposing of Gwadur. However, as he made the suggestion
himself in 1939 ostensibly for the purpose of raising funds
it should be possible to ask him whether he wishes it taken
up again now that the war is over.
t
4 # I presume that if the Government of India
decide to pursue the matter they will consult His Majesty's
Government before asking me to take action.
Yours sincerely,
3
r/c
H. Weightman, Esquire, C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S.,
Secretary to the Government of India,
External Affairs Department,
NEW DELHI.
G.A.M.
"
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File marked 'Confidential'. The file relates to the possible transfer of jurisdiction over Gwadar (which appears throughout in the form 'Gwadur') to Kalat State. The file includes a letter from Colonel Poulton, Ziarat, to Hugh Weightman, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi, dated 18 September 1946, summarising the reasons in favour of the cession of Gwadar to Kalat. A further letter from the 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. (Lieutenant Colonel William Rupert Hay), Bahrain, to Weightman, dated 1 February 1947, while stating that the retention by the Sultan of Muscat (Said bin Taimur) of Gwadar was 'somewhat of an anachronism', contains a warning that the Sultan was the sort of monarch who ‘usually clings to every inch of his territory’, and so would, in the opinion of the Resident, be unlikely to consider disposing of Gwadar, unless the Sultan’s own proposal of 1939 were to be revived and he were to be offered funds in return. The file also contains a response to this letter from the Government of India dated 18 April 1947, stating that the Government had no intention of engaging in negotiations on matters on which there seemed little prospect of a successful outcome within the limited time of [the granting of self-government to India] of 20 February 1947.
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- 1 file (6 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation system currently in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page. A second foliation system (uncircled) numbered 1-5 shows a gap in the sequence between folio 2 and folio 4.
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- 'File 22/29 Rendition of Gwadur to Kalat state'
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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