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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [34r] (72/380)
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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29.
at Gmr>ur narely:-
(1) Political Bungalow sittiated to the north of
torn at a distance of about f miles from the rente a. office
and residence of the British Agent, Formerly it used to >
the residence and office of the Assistant Political \gent,
Mekran Coast, "but no^ it is used as no more than occasional
rest house for Mekran and Telegraph Department officers,
His Highness the Sultan of iiuscat ana other State officers
and other distinguished visitors most of ^hom are often
Flying Officers, Geologists of toglo Persian Oil Company
and Survey Department officers etc. The bangalow is provided
-rith the necessary furniture and a (hatikidar ^ho looks after
the Bingalow and also he waters the cocoantit trees growing
on "both the sides of the way leading to the above ianj alow,
(f) Post and Telegraph Office and the adjacent
quarters.
(S) The I.xu.T.B, ? 3tore Room of J ask Sub Uvision
situated near the :?03t Office.
(4) The so-called "Signallers• Quarters'' "hich
at present is vacant "but is temporarily occ\ipied "by the t^o
Ind ijTM^at enroll inc i, at n.
The up-keep of the above buildings is looked to
by the Karachi 3ub Division of the I.JS.T.D. Besides the
b
above buildings there is a British Cemetry -ith almost
traves In it. It is situated near the Signallers* Quarters
and is occasionally repaired by the Karachi Sub division, of
the I.B.T.D. Now and then Representatives of the Inperlal
T "ar Graves Corauission visit it.
GOV;'THHi.rSNT P:)BT A j ^D I'if.JOMPIi .,)]■> IC^.
Government of India maintains an Indian Inland
Posts and Teletranh Office established here since Wv
It is run as an Inland Indian Post Office and is
staffed by a Sub-Postmaster and a sirnailer who function
under Superintendent Post Offices, Sindh as far as the
Department of Posts is concerned and under the l.P.G. as far
as the Apartment of Telegraphs is concerned. There are
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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