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King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
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Lobengula
King of Matabeleland (reigned 1868-1894)
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Matabeleland
Region of southwestern Zimbabwe
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rudd Concession
1888 written concession for mining rights in what is now Zimbabwe
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cecil Rhodes
English mining magnate and politician (1853–1902)
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which the company named after him in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British South Africa Company
1889–1965 British mining and colonial enterprises company
The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expected mineral wealth of Mashonaland but united because…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)