'File 11/14 IV Gwadur Diaries'
IOR/R/15/6/371
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The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1951-19 Dec 1951. 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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This file contains copies of the fortnightly intelligence summary that was compiled by the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Gwadur [Gwadar] The summaries are divided into different sections, typically under the following headings: Movements of British Officials & Others, Shipping, Local Affairs, Weather, Finance and Economic.
The summary for the period 22 April to 5 May 1951 (folio 13) records a visit to Gwadur that was made by the British journalist and writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. , Naomi Mitchison, and is followed by an extract from an article written by Mitchison in the New Statesman and Nation entitled 'Embarkation at Gwadar' (folios 14-15).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (25 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; 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. A previous foliation sequence between ff 8-26, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/6/371
- Former external reference(s)
- File 11/14 IV
- Date(s)
- 22 Jan 1951-19 Dec 1951 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Political affairsShipping
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- Gwadur
- People & organisations
- British AgencyNaomi Mary Margaret Mitchison
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- IOR/R/15/6/371
- Title
- 'File 11/14 IV Gwadur Diaries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:26v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
