Rudd Concession

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historical treaty mining rights agreement

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rudd Concession canonical	4
Rudd Concession (context of its downfall)	1
Rudd Concession of 1888	1

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 ⓘ surface form: British South Africa Company Charter Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → legalBasisClaimed → Rudd Concession ⓘ

Kingdom of Matabele → treaty → Rudd Concession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rudd Concession (context of its downfall)

Lobengula → signed → Rudd Concession ⓘ

Lobengula → associatedWithEvent → Rudd Concession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rudd Concession of 1888