Mortimer Durand | British statesman | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Durand Line

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  In Durand Line
  In 1893 Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, as foreign secretary, negotiated on behalf of the British government with Abdur Rahman. Durand’s goal was demarcating their respective spheres of influence. The resulting Durand Line Agreement delineated the frontier between Afghanistan and British India. The agreement was only a page…
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history of India

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  In India: The Second Anglo-Afghan War
  In 1893 Lansdowne sent Sir Mortimer Durand, the government of India’s foreign secretary, on a mission to Kabul to open negotiations on the delimitation of the Indo-Afghan border. The delimitation, known as the Durand Line, was completed in 1896 and added the tribal territory of the Afrīdīs, Maḥsūds, Wazīrīs,…
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