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Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations' [95r] (189/407)
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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Gw&dar was granted by the Khan of Kalat to a
destitute relative of the then Sultan of Muskat at the
end of the 18th century* When the question of Oil
Concessions in Kalat and Gwadar arose, the then- Khan of
Kalat claimed rights of speoi«i ub surface revenue in respect
of Gwadar, and was told that his claim could not be
allowed*
The Burma Oil Company and Indian Oil Concessions
Limited competed for these concessions, and it became
clear that the question of the disputed boundary between
the two States would have to be settled, in case the
Kalat and Gwadar Concessions should go to rival Companies*
In 1938 it was proposed to set up a Boundary Commission
for this purpose. However in 1939 Indian Oil
Concessions limited obtained a concession in the Makran
area adjoining Gwadar and consequently, later in the year
the Burma Oil Company broke off negotiations with the
Sultan, but it does not appear that Indian Oil
Concessions took advantage of the clear field left to them*
In November 1939 there were complaints that
Indian Oil Concession Geologists prospecting in Southern
Makran had crossed the frontier into Gwadar. The same
month the Government of India stated "as it appears
unlikely that any attempt will be made to prospect for
oil in Gwadar and the adjoining portion of the Kalat State
in the near future and owing to the complications
introduced by the outbreak of war, it is proposed, subject
to your views, not to proceed with the demarkation of
Gwadar-Kalat boundary for the present* • • • • •
Should however any oil company show signs of
^563/40' -— starting operations in this neighbourhood it will
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P.Z.4285/38
P.Z.1780/39
P.Z.5053/39
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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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- Title
- Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations'
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- front, front-i, 2r:63v, 64v:118v, 121r:126v, 130r:145v, 147r:154v, 157r:182v, 185r:203r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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