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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [166r] (342/412)
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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by yon in above telegram, and to send draft agreement, also approved by
you, for his signature ? Otherwise we cannot hope to get the agreement
signed, and the new arrangement introduced, by the 1st October, upon
which date all our financial calculations are based. It seems very desirable
that the matter should be settled, and the papers published, before I proceed
on tour in October. In reply to your question, there is only one Contingent
station in Berar: and we shall of course take over this.
No. 391.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 9th September 1902. (Despd. from Foreign Dept.)
Colonel Kemball telegraphs 6th September as follows :—
News just received from Eao that His Majesty’s ship, Lapwing, having
visited Koweit, learnt that attack on Koweit by a nephew of Mubarak was
intended, and that dhows for this purpose were in the Khor Abdullah, where
the ship proceeded and found several dhows, two of which were crowded with
armed Arabs. These attempted to escape, and were followed by the ship-of-
war. Between Bamishir (river) and Shatt-el-Arab the dhows were beached,
and on the ship’s boats proceeding after them, they w r ere fired upon from the
shore. The fire was returned : one sailor was killed and two slightly wounded.
The Commander thinks that about six Arabs were killed. The Lapwing has
proceeded to Basrah. The two dhows were taken.
No. 392.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 9th September 1902. (Despd. from Mily. Department.)
Ionian, with 1,307 prisoners of war, of whom 40 are rebels, left on
7th September last. Escort on board, three officers and 40 men. Other
passengers : two censors, wife of censor McMillan and two children, three
Assistant Surgeons, eight hospital followers, and four private followers.
No. 393.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P ^Telegram, 9th September 1902, 9-45 a. m.
Boer prisoners. Up to 18th August 5,306 prisoners of war have taken
the oath or signed the alternative declaration. Of these there still remain in
India 4,103.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:78v, 79v:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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