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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [90r] (190/412)
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. .
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send also a statement as to arms. How much, has been sent up since the death
of the late Amir and how much has been stopped ? Of the latter how much
is objectionable as opposed to the Hague Convention ? I shall be obliged for
full information on all these points.
No. 536.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 9th December 1902, 10-55 p. m. (Heed. 10th, 1-50 p. m.)
Foreign. Secret. Afghanistan. I have submitted to the Cabinet your
telegram of the 27th November. His Majesty’s Government agree to your
plan of awaiting Amir’s reply until after the
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).
. Put if no reply, or an
unfriendly one is received, this would go far to confirm your grave suspicion
that the Amir is alienated from us, and, at any rate, the result of addressing him
as you propose might be to turn him altogether towards Russia, and to produce
or accelerate an open rupture of relations. It appears to His Majesty’s Govern
ment very unlikely that he would consent to an interview if demanded in such a
letter as you now propose to send, and they do not consider it would be politic
to stake the whole question of our future relations with him on that issue.
Whenever it becomes certain that Amir’s attitude towards us is unfriendly, and
that he is seeking Russian support or alliance, our existing obligations to him
necessarily cease, and we shall be quite free to review the whole situation,
and to determine our future policy towards Afghanistan. Meantime, they
think you should send me a full representation of your ideas as to the
policy that you are prepared to recommend to His Majesty’s Government
in the event of Amir’s conduct having clearly justified us in treating all our
existing obligations as cancelled, remembering that the position will have become
much more serious if it is found that he has good reasons for relying upon
Russian support, and that it is necessary to bear in mind the difference between
the political and military situation as it was in 1878 and as it is now; also the
great increase of arms and munitions of war now in Afghanistan. They also
think that in these circumstances, the policy of making any communication to
the Amir is doubtful; but if you still propose to do so, they would wish, as
you suggest, that the draft should be sent to me beforehand.
R.
No. 537.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 9th December 1902, 5 p. m. (Reed. 10th, 7 a. m.)
Private. Dubar Medal Please see my private telegram of 13th
November. 2,100 Silver medals and 140 Gold medals despatched in twelve
cases via Bombay, addressed to your Military Secretary, Delhi, per S.S. Arabia,
which left London on December 5th.
No. 537^.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
Telegram, 10th December 1902.
Foreign. Your Eoreign despatch No. 197, dated 6th November. Hereditary
titles for Bengal Zamindars. I agree.
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- 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.
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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.
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