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Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations' [‎196r] (391/407)

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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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Resident, Bushire.
Foreign, Simla.
Repeated to 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.
No. ^518 Dated 20th July 1936.
Reference your memorandum No. F.18-F/36 dated the
20th February 1936 and my memorandum No. 1011 dated the
16th May explaining that the matter was under correspondence
with 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 that a report will be
submitted as soon as the latter had given the details.
These details have now been received and I am in a position
to reply as follows :~
2. In paragraph 3 of 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. , Kalat’s letter
No. 266 dated the 13th January, it is stated that in the
opinion of the Kalat State tae Government of India are in a
position to compel the British India Steam Navigation Com
pany to call at any port for the purpose of delivering
and collecting mails. I shall be glad to know if this
assumption, which is an important factor in the question
under review, is correct or not. Assuming it to be
correct then if a Post Office is opened at Jiuni (marked
Jiunri on some maps) the Government of India can compel
the British India Steam Navigation Company to call there.
If the assumption is not correct then the British India
Steam Navigation Company will presumably make their
decision as to whether call at Jiuni or not on purely
commercial grounds.
3. Even if the assumption of the Kalat State is
correct, I venture to think that the Government of
India, in making their decision, will, doubtless, consider
/the....

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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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