Rudd Concession
The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888. Despite Lobengula's retrospective attempts to disavow it, it proved the foundation for the royal charter granted by the United Kingdom to Rhodes's British South Africa Company in October 1889, and thereafter for the Pioneer Column's occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, which marked the beginning of white settlement, administration and development in the country that eventually became Rhodesia, named after Rhodes, i
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Rudd Concession
The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888. Despite Lobengula's retrospective attempts to disavow it, it proved the foundation for the royal charter granted by the United Kingdom to Rhodes's British South Africa Company in October 1889, and thereafter for the Pioneer Column's occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, which marked the beginning of white settlement, administration and development in the country that eventually became Rhodesia, named after Rhodes, i
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La Concesión Rudd (en inglés: ...... ela en el exilio poco después.
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La concession Rudd est un trai ...... la variole en exil peu après.
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The Rudd Concession, a written ...... smallpox in exile soon after.
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A man with dark hair, sideburn ...... late 19th-century appearance.
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Map of Matabeleland, Mashonala ...... Pioneer Column's settlements.
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The Pioneer Column's route north, 1890:
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1888-10-30
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All the mining rights in Matab ...... xious to the chief and people.
As there is a great misunderst ...... o be made by me in my country.
Charles Daniel Helm
I hear it is published in all ...... , and FRANCIS ROBERT THOMPSON.
I hereby certify that the acco ...... ior to his executing the same.
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La Concesión Rudd (en inglés: ...... aís que con el tiempo se convi
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La concession Rudd est un trai ...... ui devint la Rhodésie en 1895.
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The Rudd Concession, a written ...... hodesia, named after Rhodes, i
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