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'Confidential 86/22 - i A.78. GWADAR OIL' [210r] (424/446)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1937-21 Jul 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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While it ia true (a) that there ia friction
between Muacat and Kalat regarding the question of the
irapoaition of dues on goods entering Kalat via Gwadur
and (b) that the frontier between Gwadur and Kalat is
undemarcated, neither would appear to be an obstacle to
the opening of negotiations by the Burmah Oil Company for
a concession for an area in the Sultan’s territory. We
they can ^et ahead of the Standard Oil of California, who
are also interested (p,20,} and who will probably
approach the Sultan in nmerida. Moreover it will be
impossible to persuade the Sultan, who is in need of
money, not to give a concession at present.
reduce transit duty levied at Gwadur on goods for Kalat,
Jhis the Sultan has refused to do and is prepared to risk
the loss of revenue that would ensue if .Kalat developed
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a port at JiuriH Kalat has apparently not been able to
persuade the B,I, to call at JiunJ^and according to the
proceed to Gwadur, thus killing the Gwadur transit
trade (56/2 p,38). Both States are within their rights.
by Kalat on Gwadur territory since 1935 (Town file 22/22
p,l4.)
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want to encourage the British Company to get on^ so that
Correspondence regarding (a) is contained
Town file 56/2, Briefly Kalat wanted Muscat to
Sultan, Kalat has now forbidden caravans from Kalat to
There has been no complaint of encroachment
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The volume comprises correspondence in English and Arabic between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts), the 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. (John Percival Gibson, John Charles Walton), the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Olaf Kirkpatrick Careo, William Rupert Hay), the Agent to the Governor General for Baluchistan (Alfred Alan Lethbridge Parsons), the Sultan of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd), the Burmah Oil Company (William Ernest V Abraham, W A Gray, John H L Brownrigg) and Indian Oil Concessions Limited (Hamilton R Ballantyne, Lloyd Nelson Hamilton, Joseph Paul McCulloch) regarding a possible concession for the Jabal-i-Mehdi [Koh Mehdi] area of Gwadur [Gwadar] belonging to the Sultan of Muscat.
The correspondence covers initial enquiries by both companies to His Majesty’s Government expressing interest in a concession through to the commencement of negotiations and the submission of draft concession agreements for the Sultan’s consideration.
Also discussed in the volume is the boundary between Gwadur and Kalat [Kalāt] which would need to be demarcated before approval could be given for an oil concession at Gwadur. The correspondence discusses relations between the Khan of Kalat (Aḥmad Yār K̲h̲ān) and the Sultan of Muscat, including recent disagreements between both parties over customs and trade, and suggesting possible processes that could be followed in order to demarcate the boundary.A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 206-216.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folio 2 comprising of subject headings and page references. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 221; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-216; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'Confidential 86/22 - i A.78. GWADAR OIL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 11r:14v, 16r:17v, 22r:29v, 31r:31v, 35r:36v, 39r:39v, 41r:53v, 56r:63v, 69r:71v, 73r:84v, 92r:110v, 124r:124v, 139r:139v, 141r:145v, 147r:147v, 150r:151v, 164r:170v, 177r:177v, 183r:184v, 186r:187v, 189r:189v, 191r:201v, 204r:220v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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