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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [151v] (309/380)
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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are likely to ¥e more satisfactory,
8» X do not altogether approve or your suggeation
to the Muscat aovernment to furnish another wall for G^adur,
and I thinic it would ImTe been better if you had referred
the jaatter to me first. The real weaiaieBs of the wall t
that is to say any Wali, in (jwadur was tliat formerly he had
not enough force to back him: only about 30 askaris to the
best of my recollection. Mow that he has night watch men
his position is stronger* In the present financial condition
of the State they may find it difficult to provide more
askaris to garrison Qwadur, but it is in that direction and
not in substituting one wali for another that something
might be done t if the situation warrants it.
9. with regard to the past. The iOiimji murder (1929)
is finally closed. ihere was never any hope of discoTering
the mischief makers who defiled the Agha ahaffii grave-yard,
the Ghulsm Ali murder was promptly arid exhaustively enquired
into by ShaiJch Subair - the Muscat Minister for Justice - and
myself» but without result, There was no evidence that it
had been committed by Baluchis. Is fact the Kho4as gave
us no assistance in our enquiry* and personally I got the
impression that they were trying to conceal something. If #
however# any further evidence comes to light it will of
course enquired into.
10. with regard to the present. The fact that the
^hojas - as you point out - stay in their •sort* at night
because of fear of the Baluchis does not indicate quite the
state of affairs which you imagine. The iOiojas in many
places ....
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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
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- 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