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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [20r] (44/380)
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. .
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amiourcei ^nt of thfs Contract, the C r adur merchants
were ratur^lly th^ enffprers continued raising hue and
"by ir vain representing the matter to the )»P.C. and 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.
, •uscat^ t ill on the 6th January 19P8 they
received a direct reply from the political ^ ont, Muscat to
the effect that Muscat State "before giving the Contract to the
^resent B .I .S.M. Coy's %ant had asked some of the loading
merchants of Gwadur if any of ther tere billing to have it, hut
none carae fom'ar!, evidently th# ahove seems to have he n
cased on the information convoyed to the Political A* ent,
Muscat, "by the muscat State or "better still "by the Director-
general of Sultania Customs, ^hile the fact as secretly
imnarted to the British Agont "by the Gradur merchants of
standing is that "Director-General of Sultanis Customs did not
endeavour to notify the contract or to invite the applications
of Contract in any systematic uray ~?hich ?n«qr of course was to
invite the applications through seme British Representative
say Political Af-ent, : use at or -iho is in Political
Charge of the '"hoie of -^ekran Coast or lastly the British
Atfsrt, Gwadur who is the directly responsible official at
C-adur or at least to get the contract notified "by the Public
Crier as usually done on the like occasions or "by bitten
poster or notices to stuck on to 5 m ^alls. Since neither of
the above t'^o plans seei to have heen executed in actual
practice, the official view must naturally support the
allegation of the loading merchants that the contract in
cuestion was a secret "bargain "bet^^en the )irector-General of
Sultania Customs, uscat and the aforesaid 1,1.3.K.Coy's Agents
'rho evidently avail themselves of the double rates 'of ' Landing
Charges* to the financial rnin of the ( wadur merchants.
official and the la{ al viens of the ouestion fe that ;.uscat
State cannot at present alter the orasent double rates of
'Landing Charges* without causing a breach of contract with
Under the circumstances net forth above, the
the B .I .S.l .Coy*s Agents.
After the expiry of the present contract
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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.
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- 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