!['File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎37r] (78/380)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000160/IOR_R_15_1_379_0079.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎37r] (78/380)")
'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [37r] (78/380)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
\KGLQ»phiBniA]; OIL
Wlo-Pernim Oil Company here in represented
ty their ^ent I"br^iiin •Alljnli 'Xtoo. I&>at of the kerosine
oil ■topanwrx tins Imported through an l.r.O.i*. steamer is
generally intended for the local consumption, "but a small
Quantity of oil goes into the interior, ihout P000 tins ^re
imported luring the year under report. The ^.P.O.U. steamer
touciiod cwadur X^ort 4 times luring tho year under report.
Landing arrar^ ements of the oil tins from the
i . .0.0k «t9a »er ipors first the local A«P .O.O. Agent
and the contractors of the T. an ling, Chart os did not mind it,
hut when the local Agents of the -Said" Launch represented to
the lultania Customs, sayint: "iiy they should not "be allowed
to malce their o~m lanlinf, arrangements on the calory of
Agent, the ^ultania Customs decided that the A.P.o .C.
A4 ont be, likewise, disallowed to make his o^n 1 arr-ii%
arranrerents . Accordingly the contractors of T,anting Charges
vlx5: B. I.S.I* Company agents ary-u ge-l tho land ixy. s oil tins
for some time at the usual rate of annas sir per tin Hiich
nras of course too much for an oil tin. on subsequent taking
up of the matter "by the A.. .C. Authorities, ho^ovor, the
Lan'ling Charges ^ere reduced to annas three per tin and these
ware the char*-e3 charged on i.P.O.C. tins "by the Landing
Contractors, during the year under report.
Xhe atove goes to show that at the tire of
entering into contract with 1..I.3.K# forpany in cormection
-rith the Landing Charges, all aspects of the. question ^ere
not takirig into consideration "by the Customs Authorities of
" : \
the nscnt State.
Oil
Geologists of the lowersian Conpany
occasionally visit Gwadur.
lIS'IIi^GUISiif.D V ir-TTORS OF C v " .V) T JPi r )Uj-lIIvC IiAP> TIli MB.
•fhe following lines "'ill show the names with
dates of the distinguished visitors ^ho visited C^dur dtirin^;
the year under report
9«l-19?r>. T^o Cool of ists of the ADglo-Persian
Oil Co; pany visited G^adur md
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [37r] (78/380), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/379, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023512845.0x00004f> [accessed 2 May 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023512845.0x00004f
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023512845.0x00004f">'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎37r] (78/380)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023512845.0x00004f"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000160/IOR_R_15_1_379_0079.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000160/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- 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