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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [129v] (265/380)
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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26th May, 1950.
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Reference your letter of the 17th May
from Karachi. I fully share your feeling about the
unsatisfactory nature of the Gwadur affair. At the
time I submitted the joint report I never expected it
to be the conclusion of enquiries. I had expected ¥aris
All to be transferred immediately. His efforts at
obtaining evidence had been futile and with new blood
I had hoped further facts would come to light, I still
think more would be discovered if discreet enquiries
were made by some experienced officer of the C.I.D.
I think the security which has been taken from the*
Baluchi leaders will have a good effect. I am asking
the Council to send some more Askaris there.
As regards Khassab; I would certainly have
referred the question to you if my instructions that
H.M.S."Ormonde H wished to land on Musandum had not
come from your office. There had been some trouble in
1927 when two scallywags were sent to take thermometer
readings, but otherwise I do not know of any survey
party having been obstructed before. When Col. Haworth
visited Khassab at the end of 1927, the Sheikh express
ed regret that the thermometer readers had been stopped.
He permitted Squadron Leader Keith to climb the heights
and was most friendly, holding my hand as we talked
down to the beach whilst his tribesmen did a dance
and sang a song in praise of Col. Haworth. Moreover,
when I first mentioned the obstruction to Saiyid Said
and Sheikh Zubair, the latter who had spent his youth
in Khassab evinced surprise, stating these sheikhs had
never
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence