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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎100v] (207/380)

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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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Copy of a latter No,327 dated.2^nd July f929 from the
British A-;ent, rj-adur, to the Director, Persian ftulf Tele, raph
in Political charge, } r ekran CoaVt, Karachi.
I have the honour to refer to my D*T. of ^ords 96, dated
the 10th April 19. r 9 and to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and H.B.F's
Consul, Huscat'p B.T. of ^ords 52, dated the 11th'April 1929,
addressed to you and repeated to me.- and to report that the
Muscat igency Suh Ass-is tant Surgeon, examined the rounds of the
t w o Baloochi -omen namely Shadriah the "'ife of the accused
i ^ \ * ■ : SffJ m-
Isa and "^atima, as -"ell as the finger " r ound of the so far
alleged murderer of Khoja* Kemji viz. Isa, in my presence, but I
never requested the Sub Assistant Surgeon to express to me
his medical opinion about the above three rounds, Ap far as
I remember he himself told me that he vr ould like to take the
above named three '**ounded persons to Muscat '"here he "'ould
again examine the Tounds more closely in the presence of the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon and then report his medical opinion to the
Political Afent and H.B.M'f- Consul, Muscat. Accordingly he
took the three bounded persons to Muscat along with him on
*
the 13th April 1929, as reported to you vide my B.T. of words
28, dated the 16th April 19? 9. The three —ounded persons
have not so far returned to G-'-adur and as I hear the alleged

murderer lea is still in the fort custody at Muscat.
The Chief C^adhi of Muscat vho '"as deputed by the Muscat
Government to enquire into the B-^adur riots said, on his
arrival here, that he '"as the official exprt of the Muscat
State for examining the various —ounds, reporting as to the
nature of wounds and then fixing the.suitable SHAHI fines on
the man "'ho caused the '-rounds on the "-ounded, according to
the prevalent custom of the Arabs in the Muscat State. It is
true that the native '"ay of settling .the w o.und disputes
amongst Bedouins of Arabia and the'Baloochis of Hekran is,
even in these days, to refer such '"ounds to the local ^adhi
"'ho after judging the nature of the "'ound fix some suitable

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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)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.

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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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