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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [99av] (203/380)
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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Tfl
Kai'achi, July 11th.
My dear Barrett, ^
Your letter of the 6th July about Warris Ali, and
Murphy's demi-official to you of the 21st June.
Warris Ali is a dreadful fellow. His letters are
an affliction and i have choked him off several times for
verbal diarrhoea. On the other hand he is a great improve
ment on the former British Agent in that he is a good
linguist and knows Arabic and Persian well, whereas Lai Khan
knew no English or Arabijs.
Warris Ali's work is distinctly good. it is
always necessary when dealing with this type of Indian to alldM
a proper discount for the man's estimate of his own importance
which, in Warris Ali's case / in excessive. ifou must know
k
hton well yourself, so you can probably understand what he
is like on his own as British Agent in Gwadur.
Warris Ali undoubtedly has exaggerated the Gsaadur
affair, bw-t not more than the Khoja community did in their
telegram to the Viceroy, Agha Khar^ etc. , etc.
On the other hand Murphy is my opinion had been
apt from the first to minimise the importance of the incident.
We cannot get over the fact that in a rio^ started by Muscat
subjects, a British Indian subject belonging to an influential
community was shot.
Murphy's demi-official amused me especially after ray
own experience with Warris Ali at Gwadur. Murphy is behind
the times 1 fear. Warris Ali on his own at Gwadur is not a
uat
clerk an "Indian gentleman" ! and there is nothing for it
but to thank him for his kind message to i/atrick! What a
life.
1 hope you and Mrs Barrett are very fit. i suppose
Shitasi is not possible. Do let me know if you are coming
down here.
Yours sincerely,
ST)/ G. de Smidt.
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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