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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 748 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GWADAR , a See also:

port on the See also:Makran See also:coast of See also:Baluchistan, about 290 M. W. of See also:Karachi. Pop. (1903), 435e. In the last See also:half of the 18th See also:century it was handed over by the See also:khan of See also:Kalat to the See also:sultan of See also:Muscat, who still exercises See also:sovereignty over the port, together with about 300 sq. m. of the adjoining See also:country. It is a See also:place of See also:call for the steamers of the See also:British See also:India See also:Navigation See also:Company.

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