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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [26r] (56/380)
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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21.
hns 1)0911 no remnrk-^le change in the rates of articles of trade.
Ghee of course has "been a "bit dearer.
The trade or importation of arms and ai munition is
subject to the consent of the British Government,
'\cc0rdin4 to the recent rumours some Balochis
smuggle arms from Muscat and then take them to Persian Balochist^;
"but the accuracy of this information is doubtful at this stage.
FISH m\'H.
Fish catching and fish preserving are by far the
most important industries at Gwadur which yield the bulk of
China and Colombo's supply. About fifty thousands of fish packets
were exported during the year under report* In Gwadur there are
over 600 boats of various 3i7.es kno^m as Kachans, Batel and
aklars (hooris) engaged for fish catching. The men *!ho catch
the fish are cabled • Janshus* ^ile their headman is often termed
as • Kakhuda*. The Nni-hudas or Janshus make special arrangements
^ith the o-Tiers of the boats. There is a special "alifa T )aryai
Court to advise the Authorities on matters of various disputes
arising among the owners of the boats, Jiakhudas and their
Janshus, %
Prowns are also found in profuse abundance near
Gwadur and Sur ports. Fish as also prowns form the principal
food of a large class of local people throughout the year both
In the fresh and preserved state and in the latter condition
are exported in great quantities.
In addition to this a large number of fish maws, £d
fins and fish manure are exported to Europe particularly to
London, Japan, China and. Colombo etc.
For the last three years continously, the number
of fish has greatly decreased, rmring the year under report, it
in renorted to be oven less than the last year. The scarcity of
fish has naturally resulted in the poverty of both the fishermen
and fish merchants.
Normally there are four foilowing fishing seasons
in a year as show.; below:*
1, GA.' j OAN SEASON, which prevails from )ecer:ber to
ainoat mrany. During this
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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
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- 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