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1 letter to the Sultan Invited him to meet the Rinds at Gwadur, and settle the
! question of the si. ves and murders, and in default of such settlement threatened
attack Gwadur, and observed that the British Government, which had for-
bidden the restoration of slaves, had retired from the country. Copies of
these letters were sent to the Political Agent' for Southern Baluchistan, having
previously telegraphed the substance of their contents. At the same time the
Sultan was informed that there had been no recent sign of aggressiveness on
the part of the Rinds, and that the case had been referred to the Baluchistan
Agency.
100. Dr. Jayakar, on the authority of the Wali of Gwadur, gave 179 (70
males, 74 females, and 35 children) as the total number of slaves in Gwadur
belonging to the Rinds. These slaves were said to be “ earning their livelihood
in Gwadur either as labourers or porters,” to be under protection, and to be
unwilling to leave Gwadur for Karachi. The Sultan of Maskat having expressed
anxiety for the settlement of this case, Dr. Jayakar was asked what His Highness
meant by a "settlement.” In reply to this
* Letter No, 3J3, dated the aoth August 1893.
Dr. Jayakar wrote* as follows :—
" The settlement which His Highness the Sultan desires is that the Rinds raav be
effectually prevented from assuming a threatening attitude towards Gwadur and from
annoying any of his subjects there, as it is feared that the Rinds are sure sooner or later
to resent the action of the Wali in giving refuge and protection to their slaves.
“ I am of opinion that the presence of such a large number of slaves belonging to the
Rinds will always be an element of danger at Gwadur, and that the best course under
the circumstances would be their removal to British territory, as suggested by you, in
native boats, which His Highness the Sultan also considers as quite feasible.”
The Native Assistant gave 198 (men, women and children) as the number
of slaves in Gwadur belonging, more or less jointly, to the Rinds of Mand and
the people of Dasht, besides 50 fugitives from Kolaneh, and from Bahoo and
Murtan in Persian territory. He srated that the slaves were under protection,
but that the Rinds were still writing to the Wali to claim them, and that the
slaves professed readiness to go to Karachi, or Maskat, or elsewhere, if they
could be protected at Gwadur.
101. Ultimately Captain H. Ramsay, Political Agent in South-East Balu­
chistan, was deputed with a view to settle
Secret E., August 1894, Not. 377*304.
the Rind affairs. After prolonged nego­
tiations he succeeded in obtaining a bond, dated 13th January 1894, from
the Mokadains of the Rinds of Mand, in which, among other things, they
agreed —
11 (1) to refrain from committing any outrages for the future;
(2) to restore at once to the Wali of Gwadur all the cattle looted by the Rind* of
Mand from Gwadur territory last lummer, or to pay him at once the full
value of the same ;
(3) to refrain from making any further disturbance at Gwadur on account of our
slaves, as we now understand that the Wali of Gwadur acted in accordance
with the wishes * f the Government of India, by whom the restoration to
their masters of escaped slaves has been, and always will be, prohibited.”
102. On the part of the Governmemt of India it was agreed that—
(1) the bond for Rs. 7,010 would not be enforced, so long as the Rinds
committed no further offence;
(2) the Political Agent would arrange that for the future the Wali
would not allow runaway slaves of the Rinds to remain in Gwadur,
but would send them away to Karachi or elsewhere as soon as
possible; and
(3) if the Wali allowed any of the runaway slaves of the Kinds to
remain for more than 15 days at Gwadur, and the owner
slave came and claimed him, the Wali should pay the mas
value of the slave.
103. The Government of India accepted the agreement ^°n^nectcd
Major Ramsay, subject to the proviso that they would meet charg