'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.' [‎17r] (33/44)

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This was perhaps the most interesting and rev/arding time of
my career and I remained there for three years.
Kalat State was divided into two main Divisions, Sarawan and
Jhalawan which comprised all the mountainous area from Quetta
to the Persian frontier and along the border with Sindh to
the sea west of the State of Las Bela, to the west of Karachi.
Between the Kalat State border in the North and the Afghan
border was the Baluchistan District of Nushki which had its
own separate P.A. and staff.
There was also an extensive area of Kalat State in the south
east bordering on the Sibi District in the north and east, and
the Sindh Province and Jacobabad in the south. This area was
owned by the Khan and Kalat State and leased out permanently
to various tribes of Sarawan and Jhalawan on payment of revenue.
In the extreme south-west of Kalat state between Jhalawan and
the Arabian Sea was the Sub-division of Mekran with Head
quarters at Panjgur. The Chief of this area was the head of
the Gichki tribe of Baluchies and at that time it was held by
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Bhai Khan Gichki. He was a vassal of the Khan of Kalat
but had a great measure of independence. In Mekran were the
two ports of Pasni and Jiwanri which both did a good deal of
trading - mostly by Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. - with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and with the
Y/est coast of India, mostly from Bombay northwards. But a
good volume of dried fish and shark-fins trade was carried
out with Columbo and even, in the case of shark fins, with
China.
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There was also a small airfield at J|iwanri where the Empire
Plying Boats used to land between Karachi and Basra in Iraq.
The British India Steamers and mail called regularly at Pasni.
Apart from products of the sea, the dates in Mekran were some
of the finest in the world and there was a healthy trade in
them with India and with Muscat and Oman.
There was another port on the coast called Gwadur with a small
amount of land attached to it. This area had been given by a
one time Khan of Kalat to a Sultan of Muscat who had been de
posed and had fled to Kalat for refuge.
The story of the dispute between Kalat State and Muscat is a
long one but after independence, the enclave An area of land belonging to one country and entirely surrounded by land of just one other country. of Gv/adur was