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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎102v] (211/380)

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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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second time, ^as emphatic in expressing to you (vide ray D.T.
of words 96, dated the 10th April 1929) the necessity and
importance of sending a Doctor to Oadur, although the same
necessity TrT as duly expressed to the Political A^ent once*
before, vide ray D.T. of ^ords Nil, dated the 28th 11 rch i:>29,
addressed to .'ou and 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. , Muscat,.
My riot file does contain the written opinion about the
-"ounds in q.^c«tlon. This opinion is of the Chlwi ;.,adhi in hife
iii-iidTTitiiift. file UK. copy of thv -edic-l opinion
of tiieefe '.rounds and I know that apart from the fact that this
opinion wjuld strenghten the case of the rijh tful party o £ the
t" T o contending parties of Khojas and Baloochis, the record of
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such a medical opinion on my file seems absolutely necessary
to me for determining the veracity or otherrise of rome
important official statements of the British Agent, G-^adur,
r 'ho is the only official to know properly of the quaint
intrigues of ^-adur. As re-jards the tutoring of the Baloochi
w oraen and of culturing of the wounds, attention is invited to
ragraph 26 page 8th, of my letter No,237^8, dated the 7th
April 191 j ,ad'drer^ed 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. , Kuscat, copy
forwarded to you under ray letter TTo.238-£, dared the 7th
April 1 9.' 9.
'/ith a view to making my records about riots as Complete
poss ible, as also to enable rae to make my future comments
(which may perha.ps be invited from me by the trying Magistrate
of some other competent authority) as clear as poss ible, I
consider it important that I should hrive a copy of the afore
said medical opinion on my file. I am also anxious to contrast
this opinion with the Chief ijadhi's opinion whjch is already
on my record.
It is therefore requested that should you see no objection
a copy of tiie above me UCel opinion may kindly be obtained £**».
from 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. , Muscat and a copy thereof sent to me

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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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