!['1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [‎47r] (104/412)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x00032b/Mss Eur F111_172_0104.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [‎47r] (104/412)")
'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [47r] (104/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1903?. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
No. 222.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 28th May 1902, 10-15 p. m. (Becd. 29th, 9 a. m.)
Private. Delhi
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
. Please see your private telegram of May 20th.
I have consulted Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Chamberlain as to your proposed
invitations. The former is doubtful as to the expediency of inviting represen
tatives of foreign countries. The latter thinks that the Colonies might with
advantage be invited, and that India, with its great cities, its architecture, and
the splendour of the proposed
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
, would do much to obliterate the con
tempt of black men. I agree, and think you should limit invitations to
Colonies and other parts of the Empire, hut such invitations should not involve
any charges upon Indian revenues beyond hospitality.
No. 228.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 29th May 1902, 2-35 p. m. (Becd. 30th, 7 a. m.)
Sugar Countervailing Duties. Please see your telegram of 28th May.
Ozanne’s figures are correct. German surtax twenty marks, gold equivalent
to twenty-five francs. Austrian surtax eleven florins, gold equivalent to
twenty-seven and half francs. Action proposed is approved.
No. 224.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 29th May 1902, 2-40 p. m. (Becd. 30th, 7 a. m.)
Foreign. Secret. With reference to the telegrams from the Besident
of 26th and 28th May, please direct him to consider the instructions in my
telegram of 27th May to you as final. In all future reports, Colonel Wahab
should show distinctly the positions of places mentioned in reference to the
lines therein referred to; and the Besident should only report anything direct
home if he thinks it important that the Poreign Office should be informed of
it at once, or if he is called on for information from here.
E.
No. 225.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 29th May 1902, 8-30 p. m. (Becd. 30th, 7 a. m.)
Private. High Court of Judicature. Your private telegram of May 17th.
What is Henderson’s exact age, and will he he able to complete service for full
pension before retirement at the age of 60 ? See paragraph 8 of my Judicial
Despatch of 27th April 1899. Officiating duties count for pension, I under
stand.
About this item
- Content
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.
The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 4-15). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-588 (ff 18-97) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-584 (ff 99-198).
A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:
- The Aden Protectorate, notably the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr Ḥabībullāh Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
- The Army in India
- Berar [also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts], particularly relations with the Nizam of Hyderabad [Asaf Jah VI]
- Military operations of the Boer War 1899-1902
- Boer prisoners of war in India
- China, including the evacuation of British troops from Shanghai
- A ceremony to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII (as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India) including the Delhi Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
- The famine in India
- Financial and administrative matters
- Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries, including Coronation Honours
- The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
- British policy in Persia [Iran]
- The establishment of a Police Commission in India
- Construction and extension of railways in British India
- British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
- Military operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [the Republic of Somaliland]
- British policy in Tibet.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The telegrams are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each of the two sections of the volume, which are divided by a folio of blue card. Each telegram is numbered, and the index on folios 4-15 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 198; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the volume also contains two original printed pagination sequences.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [47r] (104/412), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/172, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100152865249.0x000069> [accessed 2 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152865249.0x000069
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152865249.0x000069">'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [‎47r] (104/412)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152865249.0x000069"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x00032b/Mss Eur F111_172_0104.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x00032b/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/172
- Title
- '1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:78v, 79v:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence