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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [14r] (32/380)
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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.mlors^.eiitis eaiiiiot b 4 ^tonalzied* Towards the cloao of tiie
yoar under report, the norcial system of recording stjc-h visas
or eiidorsetients introduced by tiich it is hoped It will
i* ens tor to iscert'ln recisol y the ictual roirnber such
i
visas issued durlnj, the course of a year.
i'ost of the visas or endorsements issued by this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
are either on;
(1) Pen mlent Indi-in j assports of British or
British I'rotected ersons or on
(?) The so-called lultania Tassnorts ^tiich are
g
no more thnn (ortificates of Identity in Arabic Script.
Until 3enteicter 19P6, "both Sultan and British
subjects ^ere issued • Jiritish Certificates of Identity* at
thn British %aney, Gwadur. In October 19rA # however, the
)lrf3Ctor-ii .moral of Bult^aiiia custors during the Course of his
tour to Gttadur suddanly pa seed «n order in the absence of
Ba w a Mai Khan the late British M.ofo -as then on leave,
to the effect that in future no "ultan Subject should to to
the nritlsh %ency for taking British Certificates of Identity
mi that all Sultan Subjecta should in future get their
.
?*i,8si>orts froBi the local Director of cuatoias.
Raja
King
hal Khan
.
on lis return iron leave took up the raatter with :r. Cuntor
-/ho then decided that such a Bultania passport for India
court not be recognised as valid at Karachi or some other
British Port, unless luly visaed by the : ritis. ^ont, twadur,
r- . , • |
lecordin* lythis practice is beint carried on till now.
\1though it Is doubtful whether or not this innovation has
net the approval of the ilon'bl© the f oiltleal Resident in the
Sirs!an CiHf or soire other aiEilar ■■ mt authority, yet
it can definitely be said that it is in contravention of the
practice observed at Ku"»ait and nahrain or ev ;n iiuscat
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, -"here subjects of -Shaikhs of Kuwait and -Bahrain or
those of His Higliness the Pultan of Unseat are normally
issued British Certificates of Identity at the Political
fancies In tne course of their journeys to India or to any
other c.ulf Port,
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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