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Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations' [‎5r] (9/407)

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The record is made up of 1 file (201 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1936-1 Apr 1948. 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 demi-official letter No C.143A-8/1, dated the
11th March 1948 from Major Stewart 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
to Sir Rupert Hay Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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Please refer to your telegram No 207 dated the
6th March 1948.
2. During a talk I had with the Sultan on March 10th,
I told him that we had reason to believe that Nalat State may
approach him with a proposal for the sale of Gwadur, and
enquired what would be his reactions. He immediately
replied that he would not view any such proposal with favour,
and that in any case he was bound by treaty not to cede
any part of his territories save to the British Government.
He went on to say that he realised times were difficult and
that it was not impossible that Kalat may even try to
seize Gwadur .by force. If so, he said, the world would
know that Gwadur had been lost to him by force of arms and
he would not greatly mind. Any qssfet question of a sale,
however, involved his honour and that it was not compatible
with his honour to dispose of the territories which had been
handed down to him by his ancestors, in return for money.
Although, he added, he^would always be prepared to give
consideration to any views expressed by His Majesty’s
Government, and should His Majesty’s Government itself wish
to take this territory on lease or otherwise, h* would be
very ready to listen to any proposals they may have to make.
3. In reply I said that up to the present I had
merely been instructed to pass on to him the information
which had come to His Majesty’s Government's notice that the
Khan may possibly approach him with a ±y view to arranging a
sale, tut that His Majesty’s Government had not given me any
indication of their views in the matter. Generally speaking 1
got the impression that the Sultan had already some idea that
he was likely to be approached by the Khan and that if His Maj
esty’s Government urged him to negotiate a sale, he would
probably agree, if some formula could be found wher «£y

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Correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to relations between Kalat State and Gwadur [Gwadar], the latter being part of the Sultan of Muscat's territory.

  • the Kalat State's request for postal and telegraphic offices to be established at Jiuni [Jīwanī] and for British India Steam Navigation Company steamers to make fortnightly calls there
  • the Burmah Oil Company Limited's application for an oil prospecting licence in the Gwadur area
  • the demarcation of the boundary between the two territories, necessitated largely by oil exploration
  • the Sultan's complaints about a blockade of Gwadur by the Kalat State and encroachments over the border by Kalat State officials and American geologists
  • arrangements for a meeting between the Sultan of Muscat and the Khan of Kalat (which never took place)
  • the Royal Air Force's use of facilities in Gwadur and Jiwani
  • the question of the strategic importance of Gwadur to the British and whether to induce the Sultan to sell the enclave back to the Kalat State
  • the status of Kalat following India's independence and the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan, including a memorandum by the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, dated 12 September 1947, that deals with the legislative and political relations between certain 'Princely States' and the Dominion of India (folios 42-51).

The principal correspondents include the Government of India (External Affairs Department), Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. at Kalat and Chagai, Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, 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. at Muscat, Admiralty, Air Ministry, British Agent at Gwadur, Commonwealth Relations Office, and the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Pakistan.

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1 file (201 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 203; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-203; these numbers are also written in pencil and circle.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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