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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [25r] (54/380)
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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of Gwadur, the fish trade has, therefore, teen dealt with
under a separate heading.
Chief articles of export are wool, &hee, cotton,
palm tree leaves, mats, hiden and dates ^hich c^nerally come
from the interior, while th® main articles of import are cloth
rice, flour, foodstuffs, pulses, piece goods, net threads,
crockery and other luxuries articles.
Most of the ghee, dates, firewood and foodstuffs
"brought from Hekran and Persian Balochistan is consumed tocnlly
Tool, Ghee and cotton are generally "brought to Gwadur only if
they are surplus to the needs of the interior people, otherwise
these things are also imported from India#
miring the year und^r report the articles "brought
from the interior for local consumption "rere proportionately
less in quantity when compared with those "brought during the
last year, this may "be due to the several reasons vi^;•
(1) Owing to the locusts, the crops of the
interior were devasted.
(S) idany of the articles were not surplus to the
local needs of the peopl* of interior* There was also a petty
famine in the interior.
(3) Vexed with the never ceasing inter-feuds of
their Chiefs, most of the Persian Balochistan people left
their homes and crons and proceeded to Karachi to settle
themselves there permanently.
The reasons ~hy the people of interior go to
Pasni an! not to Gwadur for "business purposes, may "be sur med
up as follows
(1) They can purchase the articles at i 'asni at
a comparatively cheaper rates, as Pasni Customs duty is
@ 3^, while Sultania Customs duty at Gwadur is ad valorem.
(?) In the case of their coming to Gwadur for
purchasing things, thn people of Persian Balochistan.have to
pay customs duty at the gateways of laekran mentioned -i"bove,
before their entry into Gwadur territory.
TXiring the year under report there has lie en
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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