1 602 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
2 measures are calculated to afford an outlet to the inhabitants of congested
3 districts; and the means of improving their material condition, and develop-
4 ing the wealth and resources of their country.
5 _ The Panjéb Univer- The Panjdb University Act (XVII) was passed in 1882, and, in accordance
6 See baa er therewith, the Panjib University came into existence on the 14th of
7 October of that year. The Viceroy consented to become the patron of the
8 institution, the Lieutenant-Governor was appointed ew-officio Chancellor,
9 and the members of the Senate were designated Fellows.
10 The Russo-Afghan The Russian Cabinet having urged, in 1884, that the North-Western
11 anany Comassio’y boundary of Afghanistdén should be demarcated, to prevent disputes arising
12 regarding the Afghan territory lying on the borders of Russian Turkistan,
13 a Commission was appointed by the British Government, with the consent of
14 the Amir, to determine the line of frontier, in conjunction with Russian
15 Commissioners deputed for the purpose. The Intelligence, Survey, Geo-
16 The departments graphical, Botanical and other departments were represented in the Com-
17 ca ie ie mission, which was escorted by a strong guard of cavalry and infantry,
18 comprising three hundred sabres of the 11th Bengal Lancers, and two
19 hundred and forty bayonets of the 20th Panjdb Infantry. The command of
20 the whole mission, until the arrival of Sir Peter Lumsden from London, was
21 in Bt Josenh Ridgeway given to Colonel Sir Joseph Ridgeway. The other members of the Commis-
22 the members ofthe’ sion were Captain C. EB. Yate, Lieutenant the Honourable M. G. Talbot, R.E.,
23 CoE Captain Maitland (Bombay Staff Corps) of the Intelligence Branch, Doctor
24 Charles, in medical charge, Doctor Owen, Major Bax of the 11th Bengal
25 Lancers, Captain Heath, Lieutenant Drummond and Major Hill, R.E., the
26 head of the Survey party, Doctor Aitchison, the Naturalist and Botanist,
27 Major Meiklejohn of the 20th Panjab: Infantry, Captain Cotton, Lieute-
28 nant Rawlins, Mr. Merk; Personal Assistant to Colonel Ridgeway, Captain
29 Gore of the Survey, Major Rind, Assistant Commissary General, Lieute-
30 nant Burne, 23th Pioneers, in charge of transport, Captain Peacock, R. E.,
31 of the Intelligence Branch, Lieutenant Wright, Colonel Prinsep, Major
32 Holdich, Lieutenant Peatson, Captain Griesbach, the Geologist, Captain
33 Native attachés. DeLaessoe, and Mr, Barnes, C.S. The Native attachés accompanying the
34 mission were Risaldar-Major Baha-ud-din of the Central India Horse, Suba-
35 dar Muhammad Husain Khan of the 2nd Sikhs, Sardar Sher Muhammad
36 Khan, an Extra Assistant Commissioner in the Panjéb, and son of the
37 late Governor of Kandahar, Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan, Commandant
38 of the Khaibar Jazelchis, Khan Bdébé Khan, Extra Assistant Commissioner,
39 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Risaldar-Major Muhammad Husain Khan, 7th
40 Bengal Cavalry, Kazi Muhammad Aslam Khan and Aziz-ulla Khan. Mirza
41 Ghulam Ahmad accompanied the Sistan Mission of 1872, and Aziz-ulla Khan
42 was with Lord Blandford (now Duke of Marlborough), when he travelled
43 in India. He was with His Lordship in his voyage round the world, and,
44 on arrival in England, took employment under His Royal Highness the
45 Prince of Wales, with whom he remained for two years. In 1878 he was.
46 appointed a Lieutenant in the army: of the Sultdn of Turkey, and was present
47 at the siege of Kdrs. In recognition of his services during -the war, he
48 received the fifth class of the order of Medjidi from the Government of the
49 Sultan. Returning to the Panjdéb, he was appointed jamadar of the 5th
50 Bain Cavalry and, for service in the late Afghan war, received a medal
51 and clasp. ;
52 The mission, thus composed, left India in September, 1884, and arrived in
53 the valley of Herat in November of the same year. A. well-defined boundary
54 was fixed between Russian-Turkistén and Afghanistén, by which the frontier
55 line b 3 :
56 Sri Satguru| Sait emoht atta" ange Memon arit brats to Grail Come aeala Bie
57 The demarcation
58 boundaries, week