"ملف ٧٨/٨ شؤون دولة مسقط: تسليم جوادر إلى قلات". [و‎‎٣‎٤] (١٩٢/٦٧)

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Makran which has recently been raised by the Muscat authorities. I
believe that the question has been brought to the fore by the
rerularization of the Makran revenues and the watchfulness which
the Gitchkis consequently exercise on the Pasni customs. The death
of Sarfaraz Fhan has also caused the Gitchkis to examine the
ancient shares of revenues.
2. The Gitchkis, who were assembled in Kalat for Jirgas last
month, had made a formal request for the half share of the Gwadur
customs which they used to receive and His Hiphness the Khan, whom
the Gitchkis also approached, has requested me to obtain the
recognition of his sovereignty over Gwadur.
3. They base their claim on the rounds that Mir Nasir Khan the
Great permitted Sultan Said, who had been driven out of Muscat, to
live in Gwadur and enjoy the i'han^s share of the revenues thereof
until he regained his own kingdom. They state that, affter returning
to Muscat, the Sultan retained Gwadur and continued to enjoy the
Khan’s share of the revenues, but paid the Gitchkis their share
for a considerable time. The Gitchkis have maintained ever since
our officers first began to make enquiries in Makran that the
Gwadur revenues which amounted to about 7,000 dollars, were divided
as follows:-
To the Gitchkis 3,000, to the Sultan of Muscat 3,000 while 1,000
was allotted to the expenses of collection. They state that they
have san&da to prove that payments were made by Sultan of Muscat
to Gitchkis upto the recent times. This statement is supported
by a report from Major Ross, who, in 1868 found Bibi Miriam, a lady
of Buledi origin, but married to a Gitchki, living, as he believed,
on the charity of the Sultan of Muscat, but, as the Gitchkis state,
on her share of Gwadur revenues. The Khan’s evidence as to payments
of tribute by the Sultan is more recent. Slaves preeenced to Khan
Khudadad by the Sultan were alive in 1903.
4. The purchase of Gwadur by His Highness the Khan was sugrested
in 1902 by the Government of India as a solution of certain
difficulties, and in the course of the enquiry the claims of His
Highness the Khan and the Gitchkis came to light.
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