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Mss Eur F111/170
- Record Id:
- 040-002307679
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000329
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157832699.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/170
- Title:
- ‘1900. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’
- Scope & Content:
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This volume consists of printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January to 31 December 1900, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.
The start of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 2-8). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-489 (ff 9-75) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-502 (ff 77-162).
A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to the following:
- The Aden Protectorate, notably Turkish [Ottoman] ‘encroachments’ on Haushabi [al-Ḥawshabī] territory
- The war in South Africa [the South African War or Second Boer War in Southern Africa, 1899-1902]
- Army matters, such as the recall of officers of the Indian Army from furlough
- Boer prisoners of war, including the proposal to send them to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
- Russian ‘designs’ upon Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas]
- The Burma [or Myanmar]-China boundary
- The China Expeditionary Force [Gaselee Expedition], notably arms and ammunition, estimated cost, hospital and medical arrangements, and the rank and position of General Sir Alfred Gaselee within the Force
- The replacement of the Garrison at Hong Kong
- Currency, including proposed measures to address the serious scarcity of rupees, the Paper Currency Act Amendment Bill, the purchase and shipment of silver from England, the release of gold, and the shipment of gold to England
- Famine [the Indian famine of 1899-1900], notably famine and cholera in the Bombay Presidency, crop prospects and relief works, and composition of the Famine Commission
- Honours, including the Queen’s Birthday Honours
- Koweit [Kuwait], in particular a dispute with Nejd [Najd]
- Loans, including applications from Native States [Princely States] for loans for famine relief purposes, and a loan to the Nizam of Hyderabad
- Maskat [Muscat], notably a site for a French coal-shed, and the actions of the Sultan of Muskat regarding the use of French flags by his subjects
- Railways in British India and the Uganda Railway
- Russia, in particular Russian ‘designs’ on the Persian Gulf.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002307652
040-002307679 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 17 : Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905: correspondence with the Secretary of State for India and others
Mss Eur F111/170 : ‘1900. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0017]/036-002307652[0027]/040-002307679
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (168 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x000329
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- 1901?
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto 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.
- 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 2-8 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)