ABSTRACT
British Relations with the Amir under Lord Lansdowne. — T he behaviour of the Amir was unsatisfactory from many points of view when Lord Lansdowne assumed office in December 1888. H e had agreed to receive a British Mission and, in September, Sir Mortimer Durand was nominated to proceed to Kabul in charge of it. But H is Highness, who had been seriously ill during the summer, was fully occupied with the rebellion of Ishak Khan and, after considerable procrastination, replied: “ It is a thing which must take place, but at the proper time ” .
