Sardar Ayub Khan's ambassadors, Kandahar, 1880 (c)

Ayub Khan's ambassadors, Kandahar, 1880.

Photograph by Benjamin Simpson.

Original caption: "Group, Ayoub's Ambassadors, Abdullah Khan sitting on the right, his son on the left, and Umrjan Sahib Zada in the center. The last named is said to have raised all the Ghazis against us at Maiwand."

This photograph depicts the Afghan delegation that represented Sardar Ayub Khan, the ruler of Herat, in discussions with the British at Kandahar. This was after Major-General Frederick Roberts' victory over Ayub Khan outside Kandahar on 1 September 1880 (this battle is not be confused with the earlier battle at Maiwand on 27 July 1880 in which Ayub Khan had scored victory). The negotiations failed on this occasion and British refused to deal with Ayub Khan (since he opposed the Treaty of Gandamak) and confirmed their support for Abdur Rahman who went on to ratify the Treaty of Gandamak. 

In the summer of 1881, Ghazi Ayub Khan resumed his attempt to gain control of Afghanistan. He invaded once again from Herat and defeated the troops of Abdur Rahman Khan, who was acting as an axillary to the British. He seized Kandahar but Abdur Rahman forces dislodged him and drove him all the way to Persia. He tried in 1887 to get back into Afghanistan, but the British stopped him once more. Ayub Khan surrendered and the British sent him into exile in India.

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