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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [194r] (398/412)
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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see enclosure, Foreign Secretary’s letter 24-M., June 12th. With regard to
aims, t ie Krnpp guns are practically the only consignment sent from Peshawar
since death of late Amir. Except a few specimens and sporting arms and
cartridges allowed to pass, only other consignments which have reached
Peshawar are the 200 forgings and two million rounds Lee Metford ammuni
tion now detained there. Latter arrived in India before late Amir died. It
is impossible to say how much of it is objectionable as opposed to Ha^ue
Convention without opening all the cases, which is inexpedient; hut the
greater part of the consignment is believed to answer this description.
E.
No. 554.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 12th December 1902, 12-12 p. m.
Private. My private telegrams of 4th October and 10th November. Berar
papers. Can you inform me when your reply will arrive and when we may
publish? It is important, in view of Nizam’s decoration, to publish before
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).
, and I have to make arrangements for printing before I leave Calcutta.
Are the papers to include the Despatch from Lord Salisbury of 1878 ?
No. 555.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 13th December 1902. (Despd. from Foreign Dept.)
Persian Tariff. Please see your telegram 12th November. Mr. O’Conor,
Director-General, Statistics, now on leave in England, is the best man available,
hut I gather from Sir A. Hardinge’s telegram to the Foreign Office of December
1st that Persia has declined the proposal to send an expert.
No. 556.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 13th December 1902. ^Despd. from Foreign Dept.)
Koweit. My telegram of 8th October. It is clear from the reports of
Wratislaw and the Commander of the that Yusuf-bin-Ibrahim directly
organised the recent piratical attempt upon Koweit, and that the Wali has
deliberately brought about collapse of enquiry, in course of which, moreover, he
twice claimed the inhabitants of Koweit as Ottoman subjects. It does not seem
possible to drop a case in which the Turks have so behaved and in which British
blue-jackets have lost their lives. We urge strong measures to prevent a
repetition of incidents which must gravely prejudice our position at Koweit and
our prestige in the Gulf. We trust that His M ajesty’s Government will press for
the supersession of the Wali and for the punishment of Yusuf-bin-Ibrahimand
the guilty parties. The attitude of Turkey here as well as at Aden suggests
that the limits of concession have been reached, and that it may be desirable to
make a display of force, if reparation be not given.
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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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