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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [15r] (34/380)
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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The siil'ferors 'oy thoabove practice are no doubt®
."Jultan Subjects aa it ia they wno have to make double naycent
of Bs. ?/-/- -as o -/oaoi to nrltltb or liritish Protaoted Persona
ibe pay ^e. 1/- i'or - • Uertlfioata ol Issued to
t. «m.
The above practice being an internal matter is
out of the province or this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, but the rain disadvantage
of this sort, of ;Jult-nia P-rssport Is that the Arabic form of
ti.o asf'port is inadequate in so far is it oes not provide
several necessary colurns, for instance the requisite column
oi or of signature or of liaprints of Passport
hol lers, 'is i rai.n\lt of this persons sosietimes $ et their
N
uassnorts without presentincf themselves at Owadur Customs and
then bofin to hooe to i et such passports endorsed by the
' is.. m .3lit, tifrovi,- tiieir relntivcis or i ■ Is. '-uraouirs t o
to say that sometimes 'Iraqi irabs succeed to iet taeir
l^assports by havint recourse to the above plan ant then they
endeavour to ^et their passports visaed under the disguise of
* OmaJ'ds.
xtring the major portion of the year uriler report
Certificates of Identity wre tranted to all iialochls without
distinction of their nationality, inlochls of the neighbouring
areas of Persian i*aochistan ^re Hso Issued the necosoary
(irtif'lcatea of XdantitSTf 2:ne p ■ao^ioa ihlcte I ^reparation
on every mail day,
of about POO Certificates of Identity, ^as most inconvenient
to the British Agent ^sho had often to -lotk. till midnights urini
tl-ve nail Wflc. Uoat of tl.e isihu. DaAitlapi 9 .mmpur and SarbSSl
isg3 ■>' ?»ral«n Nationality ovadod Cftmrbar, the nearest -or
-ita a persiaii official to issue tna necessary passports of
their nationality and preferred G^*adur Port for two reasons vi^
( i} Thoy had to Incur almost Hs. 10/- as Passport
^ ■3 :.;r, tharbar, -ii^roas are c^a \ ed Ko» l/- only at iu
(T) Stoar/er ticket from Cwadur to Karachi was an 1
is cor parativc/' y less.
'-.he above naturally resulted in the fact that
almost PuO persons used to apply for certificates of Identity
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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