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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [29r] (62/380)
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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24.
This is the sole source of .mlndiah* a Incorre, Endeavours
will, however, be soon made to collect similar subscriptions
from the shopkeepers wiio plead poverty at present.
Baladinh holds occasional meetings in the fesst
Customs House with Wali as president, British ^gent as Vice-
President, Customs Mudir as Comt issioner and Appraiser of
Customs as secretary, according to whose report the "balance
of the cash in hand, on the 31st Decemher 19PP, was Rs. ^o/-
The functions at present eycercised "by the JBaladinh whose ry^j
capital comprises of rfione ,r collected from "both the British
Subjects and Sultania Subjects, are sweopirig the t^^ars and
main term streets and lighting the same at dark nights. The
Baladiah ha. 5 alloted a monthly donation of Bs. ?5/- per
month for the local Balooh School, "but shortly after the
Baladiah spent about Rs. 375/- on this function, the school
was unfortunately closed on account some private reasons.
It will perhaps "be possible for the jbaladiah to allot a
similar sum of money for the maintenance of a doctor
;
proposals about the appointment of ^hich are under contemp
lation of the Authorities.
In the Town there is a large number of
rabid dogs who in many instances have biten and killed -any
camels, asres ani hens, -ith a vie^ to preventing them, from
their further destructive activities ^hich Tsay sometimes be
directed against human beings, Wali moved in time to
a large number of such dogs shot*
Besides Customs the chief source of State*s
income is a yearly 1 ase amounting to Rs. 350/~ per anum of
a tract of cultivation land situated on the plain over the
neighbouring hills near "iiat is generally known ^s
"Portuguese Tank". This vast piece of land is watered by the
deep rain wnter accumulated in the depth of the hills. \
ivereything can be produced here, but the tenants being idle
Baloches of old fashion take little or no interest in
developing the lind. No Land Revenue is charged "by the
Bt^te. Peasants an' tenants are freely allowed to dig out
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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
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- Open Government Licence