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Mss Eur F111/171
- Record Id:
- 040-002307680
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x00032a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157706210.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/171
- Title:
- 1901. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.
- Scope & Content:
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This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-30 December 1901, 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 3-14). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-428 (ff 15-72) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State, numbered 1-461 (ff 74-150).
Much of the correspondence covers subjects related to British India, including:
- The Indian Army and military matters
- Frontiers, and the creation of a new Frontier Province
- Financial and administrative matters
- Military and civil appointments
- Local affairs in various Provinces and Princely States
- Construction and management of railways
- Management of telegraphic communications
- The Famine Commission following the Indian famine of 1899-1900
- The establishment of a prisoner of war camp at Ahmednagar for prisoners from the War in the Transvaal [Second Boer War]
- Proposals from the Bishop of Calcutta for re-organising the Anglican Church in India, including raising his see to an Archbishopric
- Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to members of the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries
- Matters relating to the activities of the Viceroy of India.
Other subjects covered include matters relating to:
- The Aden Protectorate, including the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]
- Afghanistan, including the death of the Amir [‘Abd al-Raḥmān Khān], relations with Russia, and the import of German armaments
- British Burma [Myanmar]
- China, including the Boxer Rebellion [Yihetuan Movement]
- Hostilities between Nejd [Najd] and Koweit [Kuwait], and considerations of a potential British protectorate over Koweit
- Muscat and Oman, including French activities at Muscat
- Persia [Iran], including Russian influence and a proposed British loan
- Tibet, including unsuccessful attempts by Curzon to make contact with the Dalai Lama
- The progress of the War in the Transvaal
- The death of Queen Victoria, and memorial arrangements in India and the UK
- A dispute between the India Office and professors at Cooper’s Hill College [the Royal Indian Engineering College] over proposed reforms.
- 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
040-002307680 - 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 F111/171 : 1901. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0017]/036-002307652[0028]/040-002307680
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (154 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x00032a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1902?
- 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 150; 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 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 letter is numbered, and the index on folios 3-14 gives the numbers of the letters which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)