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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [184v] (379/412)
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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considers this will facilitate maintenance status quo, and that dissension between
Afghan Akhnndzada and Governor of Kila-i-bath tends in the same direction.
The Aldmndzada persists in claiming Mian Kangi district.
Repeated to British Minister, Teheran, and addressed His Majesty’s Secretary
of State for India.
No. 498.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Udaipnr, 15th Novr. 1902, 7-50 p.m. (Despd. from Foreign Dept.)
Foreign. Secret. McMahon’s escort, Seistan. I assume that the Persian
Government has been informed about the escort, and that the Customs officers
will be instructed to raise no difficulties in the matter.
No. 499.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Udaipur, 15th November 1902, 3-30 p. m.
Frirate. Remission of taxation. Please see your private telegram of
13th November. You are mistaken in saying that the first notion of our
proposals only reached you few weeks back. I have repeatedly mentioned the
matter in correspondence with you during the past year, you have discussed it
in reply, and, until your letter of September 24th, without any hint of dis
approval. I have not with me our letters of last year; but you will find the
suggestion distinctly made by me on more than one occasion, probably in Sep
tember or October, and again in December 1901. During the present year I
again revived the matter in my letter of January the 2nd. In your letter of
January the 9th, you actually proposed what you now describe as upsetting all
constitutional principles; for you suggested that remission of Indian taxation
might take place in connection with the King’s Coronation in England in pre
ference to the Coronation in India. On January the 30th I replied to this
suggestion, and again repeated the Delhi proposal. You never dissented in
.reply. You have therefore been familiar with the idea for more than a year,
and throughout this time I and my Colleagues have proceeded upon reasonable
assumption of your consent, contingent only upon the sufficiency of our means.
I am unable therefore to recede from my position; and shall send you for com
munication to the Cabinet a telegram on Monday.
No. 500.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Udaipur, 17th November 1902. (Despd. from Eoreign Dept.)
/
Foreign. Secret. The British Agent at Kabul writes, dated 5th November,
that he has ascertained from a reliable authority in the Kabul Court, that a
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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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