'1899. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE, LORD SALISBURY, & A. GODLEY.' [‎326v] (663/724)

Content

This volume comprises printed copies of correspondence, dated 22 January 1898-29 December 1899, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Sir John Arthur Godley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 3-21). This is followed by correspondence from Lord Salisbury and Arthur Godley to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-78 (ff 22-180) and correspondence from Lord Curzon to Lord Salisbury and Godley, numbered 1-66 (ff 185-354).A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:

• Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
• The Army in India
• The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly the traffic of arms and the activities of other European powers in the region
• British policy and political relations in India, including Native States
• Health and disease, particularly plague
• China, including Russian activity in the country and China's claims over Tibet
• Financial and administrative matters
• Ecclesiastical affairs in India
• Education in India
• Famine in India
• British relations with France, including negotiations regarding Siam [Thailand] and Africa
• Proposals for and construction and extension of railways in British India, Persia, Afghanistan, and China
• Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries
• Judicial affairs in India
• The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
• Muscat, namely British policy in the region and relations with France, Germany, and Russia
• British policy in Persia [Iran]
• British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
• The prospect of war in the Transvaal [South African Republic]
• Trade
• Agriculture.

Folio 182 is a newspaper cutting. There is no date and it is not certain which publication it has been taken from. The contents of the article appear unrelated to that of anything in the volume and thus it is likely that it has been misfiled.

Extent and format

1 volume (358 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence is 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 communication is numbered, and the index on folios 3-21 gives the numbers of the communications which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 354; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

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