Mortimer Durand

E299463

British diplomat civil servant human

Mortimer Durand was a British diplomat and civil servant best known for negotiating and lending his name to the Durand Line, the colonial-era boundary between Afghanistan and British India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mortimer Durand canonical	4
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand	3

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British diplomat ⓘ civil servant ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
birthDate	1850-02-14 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1924-06-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ Blackheath Proprietary School ⓘ Harrow School ⓘ
employer	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government Government of India ⓘ
era	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
familyName	Durand ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Afghan–British relations ⓘ Anglo-Indian relations ⓘ
fullName	Mortimer Durand self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
givenName	Henry ⓘ Mortimer ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Afghanistan–India relations in the late 19th century ⓘ Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
hasNameGivenTo	Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ surface form: Durand Line
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	UK Diplomatic Service ⓘ surface form: British diplomatic service Indian Civil Service ⓘ
namedAfter	Mortimer Durand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	Durand Agreement ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Afghan boundary negotiations negotiating the Durand Line ⓘ
notableWork	Durand Agreement ⓘ surface form: Durand Line Agreement of 1893
occupation	civil servant ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ diplomat ⓘ
participatedIn	Afghan Boundary Commission ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Afghan boundary commission
placeOfActivity	Afghanistan ⓘ British India ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
positionHeld	British Ambassador to Spain ⓘ British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ Foreign Secretary to the Government of India ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Afghanistan–Pakistan border → namedAfter → Mortimer Durand ⓘ

Mortimer Durand → fullName → Mortimer Durand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Henry Mortimer Durand

Mortimer Durand → namedAfter → Mortimer Durand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Durand Line

Durand Agreement → negotiatedBy → Mortimer Durand ⓘ

Durand Agreement → namedAfter → Mortimer Durand ⓘ

Durand Cup → foundedBy → Mortimer Durand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Henry Mortimer Durand

Durand Cup → namedAfter → Mortimer Durand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Henry Mortimer Durand