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Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations' [91r] (181/407)
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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Gwadur-Kalat Boundary.
Please see Ext.132/45 and note flagged "X M on file below.
In October 1944 > the Acting
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.
raised the question of the possible renewal of
oil exploration in Kalat State which would entail the demarcation
of the Kalat-Gwadur boundary; he was told by the Government of
India that in view of the moratorium, oil exploration could not
be started in Kalat until after the war.
A copy of the correspondence was sent to the A.G.G.
Baluchistan, who has now written pointing out that while there
is no necessity for a formal demarcation of the boundary, there
is much to be said in favour of an informal understanding between
political officers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Baluchistan as to the
limit of the Sultan’s jurisdiction. He cites the blocking of a
motor road needed by military convoys by the Muscat authorities
in 1942 (Ext. 586 7/42) and more recently a murder which both
Muscat and Kalat State authorities claim was committed in their
territory, as instances of the trouble now caused by the lack
of an accepted boundary.
Colonel Hay encloses an admirable large-scale map showing
the boundaries claimed by both sides and suggests that the line
drawn on it in red pencil should be treated as the boundary for
practical purposes, and in deciding questions of jurisdiction,
etc. Although i£ is unlikely that either the Sultan of Muscat
or the Khan of Kalat would agree to this boundary, yet there is
a chance that it may in time come to be tacitly accepted by them,
and the question of an official demarcation may not arise,
especially as there is some doubt whether oil is to be found in
this area.
A copy of the A.G.G’s letter has been sent to the Political
Resident and no action here seems called for until we get his
views and those of the Government of India.
CO.
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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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