Rudd Concession

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The Rudd Concession was an 1888 mining rights agreement in which King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted extensive mineral and land rights to British agents, paving the way for British colonial control in what became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical treaty ⓘ
mining rights agreement ⓘ
appliesToPeople Ndebele ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Matabeleland ⓘ
territories between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers ⓘ
territories north of the Limpopo River ⓘ
authorizedBy Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
brokeredBy Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
compensationIncludes ammunition ⓘ
guns ⓘ
monthly payment in gold ⓘ
shares in a company to be formed ⓘ
controversialFor alleged misrepresentation to Lobengula ⓘ
extent of rights granted ⓘ
country Matabeleland ⓘ
dateSigned 1888 ⓘ
followedBy British South Africa Company Charter ⓘ
Pioneer Column occupation ⓘ
grantedBy Lobengula ⓘ
grantedTo British agents ⓘ
Charles Rudd ⓘ
grants exclusive mineral rights ⓘ
land rights for mining operations ⓘ
rights to bring in machinery ⓘ
rights to establish infrastructure ⓘ
rights to import labor ⓘ
hasEffect facilitated colonization of what became Rhodesia ⓘ
paved the way for British colonial control ⓘ
undermined sovereignty of the Ndebele kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion Southern Africa ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationSigned Bulawayo ⓘ
mainSubject land rights ⓘ
mineral rights ⓘ
opposedBy British missionaries in Matabeleland ⓘ
some colonial officials ⓘ
presentDayLocation Zimbabwe ⓘ
relatedTo British South Africa Company ⓘ
Moffat Treaty ⓘ
Rhodesia ⓘ
signatory Charles Rudd ⓘ
Francis Thompson ⓘ
James Rochfort Maguire ⓘ
Lobengula ⓘ
usedBy Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
usedFor formation of the British South Africa Company ⓘ
obtaining a royal charter ⓘ
year 1888 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lobengula Khumalo → signed → Rudd Concession ⓘ
First Matabele War → precededBy → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Kingdom of Matabele → treaty → Rudd Concession (context of its downfall) ⓘ
linked to: Rudd Concession
Lobengula → signed → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Lobengula → associatedWithEvent → Rudd Concession of 1888 ⓘ
linked to: Rudd Concession
King of the Ndebele → significantTreaty → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Francis Thompson → involvedIn → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Moffat Treaty → followedBy → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Moffat Treaty → preceded → Rudd Concession ⓘ
Moffat Treaty → relatedTo → Rudd Concession ⓘ