Gwadar Purchase
| Omani Overseas Territory of Gwadar Omani Gwadar گوادر (Urdu) | |||||||||
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| Former subdivision of Oman | |||||||||
| 1783–1958 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Gwadar | ||||||||
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• Granted to Sultan bin Ahmad | 1783 | ||||||||
• Sultan bin Ahmad becomes Sultan of Oman | 1792 | ||||||||
• Purchase and acquisition by Pakistan | 1958 | ||||||||
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The Gwadar Purchase (Urdu: گوادر کا حصول, lit. 'Acquisition of Gwadar') was the acquisition of the territory of Gwadar by Pakistan from Muscat and Oman in 1958. Pakistan was able to acquire 15,210 square kilometres (5,870 sq mi) of land on the coast of Balochistan for around 5.5 billion Pakistani rupees (or 1.15 billion US dollars as of 1958), paid mostly by Aga Khan IV.
The deal was made with the efforts of Prime Minister of Pakistan Feroz Khan Noon and Said bin Taimur, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and Pakistan was able to purchase the land on 8 September 1958, and it officially became a part of Pakistan on 8 December 1958.
The local life in Omani Gwadar was mainly around fishing, trade, and agriculture, with the Baluchi tribes forming the primary community, living in a mix of traditional mud-brick homes, and relying on the sea for their livelihood, while also engaging in regional commerce that connected them to Oman, India, and East Africa.