'Memorandum by the Rev. G. P. Badger on the Pretensions of Persia in Beloochistan and Mekran, drawn up with especial reference to her Claim to Gwadur and Charbar'

Content

This file consists of a memorandum by George Percy Badger (scholar and missionary) concerning Persian claims in Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Mekran [Makran], particularly Gwadel or Gwadur [Gwādar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. It contains the following: a history of Persian encroachments in Beloochistan; a table outlining the political divisions of the maritime provinces of Mekran, and their respective governments; an assessment of Persia's jurisdiction on the Mekran Coast; details of the sovereignty of Gwadur; a discussion of hostilities between Persia and the Sultan of Muscat over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and other dependencies; a summary of the 1856 treaty between Persia and Muscat. A map depicting the political geography of Mekran is included on folio 5.

The appendices include:

• a translation of the treaty between His late Highness Seyyed Saeed [Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd] and the Persian Government, relating to Bunder Abbas, etc., dated 1856;
• a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic John Goldsmid on the claims of Persia, Khelat [Kalat], and Muscat, to sovereign rights on the Mekran Coast;
• extracts from Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid's diaries on defining boundaries and districts;
• a memorandum on Western Mekran by Lieutenant-Colonel Goldsmid.

Extent and format

1 file (10 folios)

It is grouped into

'MAP TO ACCOMPANY MR BADGER'S PAPER ON THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF MEKRAN, &c.'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/18/C68, f 5

Arrangement

This file consists of a single memorandum (f 1-5), with appendices at the back (f 6-10).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/C68

Former external reference(s)

4887

History of this record

Date(s)

Dec 1863 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Boundary disputesSovereignty

Places

PersiaBunder Abbas CharbarGwadurMekran Coast MekranBeloochistan

People & organisations

Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyPolitical Agent, KhelatGeorge Percy Badger

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'Memorandum by the Rev. G. P. Badger on the Pretensions of Persia in Beloochistan and Mekran, drawn up with especial reference to her Claim to Gwadur and Charbar', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/C68, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000a3> [accessed 16 April 2024]

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