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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [9r] (22/380)
The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 11 May 1929-13 Jun 1932. 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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year unlor report "but it was closed towards the close of the
Carrie year on account of the lack of funds.
The only school of note is an elementary "but
flourishInf school of "boys and girls conjointly. It is located
in the so called Jamat Khana of Khoja Comnunity ^nd is staffed
l^y three efficient schoolmasters aril one schoolmistress.
Aljout 45 boys and 35 girls attend the school on the curriculus
of which are the subjects of inglish, Gujrati. Sindhi,
Geography, )rawii^, Physical iixcercises and usic.
iAjority of i .alochi population is illiterate.
Hence *pir Parasti* via worship of so called nlifcious guides
or their graves prevails in the country. In every comer of tl
torn there is a "bie grave of some unknown Pir and there is
always a hu^e cluster of worshippers around it. ost of
Balochis ^o take Certificates of Identity for Karachi often
visit ♦Shah last Qalandar* at Sihwan (Sindh), "'hile lost of
those who arrive here from Karachi go to Dasht or -bahu arrf
Dashtiari ^ith a view to payinft thoir howafe anl tribute to
thoir respective ? irs in these areas.
Out of the livine Pirs at Gwadur is Haji
..uhaimnad Hasan an A.ff han national settled in Gwadur since
about P years. He has dug out for himself a cave of pecxiliar
type just at the foot of hill near •Padaari* hank of C^adur
Port. He is a pious Haji and lives on the charity of cor:: on
people on ^hom he wields sufficient influence and control.
He often keeps f^sts and very seldom takes fruit diet.
CONSTITUTION. GOVaHNMaia' JUBTICa.
T.ocal Government is administered by the Sultan
of Muscat through his Governor called •fali* ^tio is appointed
by Commission under His Highness the Sultan of Luscat* s
signet. The %li is dir-ectly under the Muscat Council of
Ministers and is the supreme Judicial authority in the C^adur
territory. He exercises his functions on the basis of Shara*
or Islamic Law. He deals with cases of all tynes in which the
Subjects of His Highness the Sultan of ..uscat are alone
ooncerened.
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The file covers political, economic and general matters at Gwadar (which is referred to throughout as ‘Gwadur’). The file includes Annual Report of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Gwadar for the year 1928, written by the British Agent, M Waris Ali, which includes sections on ancient history; area and population; main villages of the Gwadar territory; languages, religion and instruction; constitution, government and justice; British and state representatives; cases settled during the year under report; defence; passports and certificates of identity; frontier news in brief; shipping, communications and trade; foreign and inland commerce and the way in which both have contributed to bring about a destructive effect on Gwadar trade; fish trade; state customs, finance and baladiah; sanitation and doctor; climate, soil, rainfall and agriculture; production, industries and manufactures; mineralogy; slaves and their manumission; government buildings and their upkeep; government post office and telegraph office; meteorological and aeroplanes; banking and currency; weights and measures; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; distinguished visitors to Gwadar during the year under report; archaeology; locusts; earthquakes; tides and tempests; and obituary for the late British agent, Raja King Lal Khan, who had committed suicide after going insane one night as a result of ‘super abundance [sic] of passport drudgery and other work mixed with anxieties and cares’.
The file also includes papers relating to communal disturbances at Gwadar between Khojas/Aga Khanis (who were British subjects) and Baluchis (subjects of the Sultan of Muscat). The troubles, which followed allegations of the defilement of a mosque with dung by Khojas, resulted in deaths of two members of the Khoja community, 1929-1932
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (188 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are 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 page. There is also an old foliation system (not circled), numbered 1 (folio 6); then 98 (folio 103) - end of volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/379
- Title
- 'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 99ar:99bv, 100r:111v, 114r:185v, 186ar:186av, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence