'File 22/29 Rendition of Gwadur to Kalat state'

Title:

'File 22/29 Rendition of Gwadur to Kalat state'

Date:

1946/1947

Description:

Abstract: File marked 'Confidential'. The file relates to the possible transfer of jurisdiction over Gwadar (which appears throughout in the form 'Gwadur') to Kalat State. The file includes a letter from Colonel Poulton, Ziarat, to Hugh Weightman, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi, dated 18 September 1946, summarising the reasons in favour of the cession of Gwadar to Kalat. A further letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant Colonel William Rupert Hay), Bahrain, to Weightman, dated 1 February 1947, while stating that the retention by the Sultan of Muscat (Said bin Taimur) of Gwadar was 'somewhat of an anachronism', contains a warning that the Sultan was the sort of monarch who ‘usually clings to every inch of his territory’, and so would, in the opinion of the Resident, be unlikely to consider disposing of Gwadar, unless the Sultan’s own proposal of 1939 were to be revived and he were to be offered funds in return. The file also contains a response to this letter from the Government of India dated 18 April 1947, stating that the Government had no intention of engaging in negotiations on matters on which there seemed little prospect of a successful outcome within the limited time of [the granting of self-government to India] of 20 February 1947.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system currently in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page. A second foliation system (uncircled) numbered 1-5 shows a gap in the sequence between folio 2 and folio 4.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Sultan of Muscat and Oman Sa'īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd

Geographic region:

Gwādar
Būshehr

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000162_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000162_en
IOR/R/15/1/381
IOR/R/15/1/381

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