Afghan Boundary Commission

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Anglo-Russian joint commission boundary commission historical organization

The Afghan Boundary Commission was a late 19th-century Anglo-Russian joint commission established to survey and delimit the northwestern border of Afghanistan, helping define the frontiers of the British and Russian empires in Central Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Afghan Boundary Commission canonical 1
Anglo-Afghan boundary commission 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Russian joint commission ⓘ
boundary commission ⓘ
historical organization ⓘ
appliesToPart Afghan–Russian frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghan–Turkmen frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontier between Afghanistan and Russian Central Asia ⓘ
areaOfWork border delimitation ⓘ
cartographic survey ⓘ
diplomatic negotiation ⓘ
countryInvolved Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
diplomaticStatus joint Anglo-Russian body ⓘ
endTime 1887 ⓘ
fieldOfWork imperial frontier policy ⓘ
international boundary-making ⓘ
hasEffect constrained Afghan territorial expansion to the north ⓘ
formalized spheres of influence of Britain and Russia in northern Afghanistan ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
northwestern Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedUnder Anglo-Russian diplomatic agreements on Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Great Game NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to define the frontier between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia ⓘ
to survey and delimit the northwestern border of Afghanistan ⓘ
relatedTo Afghan–Russian border NERFINISHED ⓘ
British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
result demarcation of much of the Afghan–Russian frontier ⓘ
establishment of a buffer state between British India and the Russian Empire ⓘ
significance helped fix Afghanistan’s modern northern boundary ⓘ
reduced direct territorial friction between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia ⓘ
significantEvent Panjdeh incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1884 ⓘ
timePeriod 1880s ⓘ

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Panjdeh incident → relatedTo → Afghan Boundary Commission ⓘ
Mortimer Durand → participatedIn → Afghan Boundary Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Afghan boundary commission