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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [24r] (52/380)
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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19.
is another thing that stands in its "ray of retaining any lonft
the control of the inland trade which was mostly -dth the
neighbouring Persian Balochistan in former days.
It may "be recalled that for the people of Persia
Balochistan, there are only three gateways and only three,
through which they have normally to pass through "before their
entry into Gwadur territiry. These gateways deraark the "boundarj
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line of Cwadur hinterland and^towards Kekran, itoich the people
of Persian Balochistan have to traverse at any rate, "before
reaching Gwadur# The names of these three gateways in order of
their importance are
(1) Suntsar,
(2) Qalatu , and
(S) GaM.
The new Customs Regulations of the i^ekran ntate
providC-that if these Persian Balochistanis, ^io often visited
Gwadur in the past, for exchanging their wool and ghee for
the requisite commodities for instance cloth and rice etc*
intend to go to Gwadur, after their entering into ..ekran State,
the Customs duty may "be levied on them and that no duty should 1
Tae leviable on them in case they via Persian Balochistanis
should chose to go to the interior of Lakran for the exchange
of their commodities. Again, according to the wekran Customs
Regulations, no duty is charged on sutth Persian Balochistanis
if they directly return to their country after their
exchanging their goods, whereas duty is chargeable on them
in case they should prefer to go to Persian Balochistan via
Gwadur. This is why people of Persian Balochistan prefer
Mekran for "business purposes to Gwadur to the traders of ^hich
most of them are indebted since long as a result of their
previous transactions. In other ^ords the i^ekran Authorities
have afforded them a golden chance of avoiding their long
standing debts as well.
Gwadur is the centre of the important fish
industry in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and since their produce and sale
are the chief controlling factors in the general trade of
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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
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- Open Government Licence