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'File 8/78 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENDITION OF GWADUR TO KALAT.' [80r] (159/192)
The record is made up of 1 file (94 folios). It was created in 16 Oct 1913-25 Jun 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 Memorandum No.1141, dated the 12th June 1939
from the
Wazir
Minister.
-i-*Azam, Kalat State* to tne
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.
in Kalat, Mastung.
Claim of the Kalat State in respect of GwadurJ^
Kindly refer to your confidential memorandum No.9, dated
the 3rd December 1938, in which it is stated that the Government
of India are not willing to support the claim of Kalat State to
exercise the rights of Sovereignty over the Gwadur area and that
these rights as well those of ownership have both lapsed by
adverse exercise of them by the Sultan of Muscat*
2. I must say that His Highness the Khan of Kalat is very
much disappointed at the reply of the Government of India and
its reluctance in recognising the rights of ownership and
sovereignty of the Kalat State over Gwadur area.
3 . The single fact that the Sultan of Muscat has been exercis
ing his powers over Gwadur area for a long time in the past does
not in any way mean that Kalat State has waived its rights of
ownership and sovereignty over the said area. In this particular
case the position of the Sultan of Muscat is similar to the
position of those many persons who hold similar grants but have
no title to the rights of ownership or sovereignty.
4. Gwadur is a port of Mekran and it is quite evident that
Khan Mir Nasir Khan Azam had, by an act of grace, granted, as
Inam, the revenues of Gwadur area to the brother of the Sultan
of Muscat who was then a homeless exile, it is totally against
the practice of the State that the rights of ownership or of
sovereignty should, by lapse of time or otherwise, pass over
to the holder of the Inam land.
I am directed to make it clear to the Government of India
that Kalat State is not at £1 prepared to waive its rights
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This file concerns British policy regarding the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan; it is written as Gwadar in some of the correspondence]. The correspondence includes the following:
- Discussion in 1913-1914 as to whether the Government of India should consider the cession (the correspondence uses the term 'rendition' in the old sense of the word) of Gwadur by Muscat (spelled here as Maskat) to Kalat, including details of trade and customs in Gwadur, and the territory's annual value to Muscat (ff 3-21)
- Further discussion in 1920-1921 regarding the case for the lease or cession of Gwadur to Kalat (ff 22-29)
- Notes on the status of Gwadur and the history of Kalat's claim to it, included with correspondence dated 1926-1927 (ff 30-41)
- Copies of Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. and Government of India correspondence from 1871-1872 regarding the status and sovereignty of Charbar [Chabar, Pakistan] and Gwadur (ff 42-58)
- Details of a proposal in 1939 from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to lease or cede Gwadur to His Majesty's Government, in return for financial assistance (ff 59-73)
- Discussion in 1939 regarding the Kalat-Gwadur boundary (ff 74-86)
- Discussion in 1948 regarding possible interest in Gwadur from the Pakistan Government, following the recent accession of Kalat to Pakistan (ff 89-93).
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. and Consul, Muscat; the 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. ; the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan; officials of the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department (later the External Affairs Department).
There is no material covering the following periods: 1915-1919, 1922-1925, 1928-1937, and 1941-1947.
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- 1 file (94 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 96; 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.
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- 'File 8/78 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENDITION OF GWADUR TO KALAT.'
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- 77r:81v
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- Wazir-i-Azam
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