Treaty of Gandamak

British soldiers lining road on arrival of Yakub Khan at Safed Sang, at treaty of Gandamak, Afghanistan, May,1879.

In the Gandamak treaty concluded in May 1879, Ameer Yaqub Khan Barakzai surrendered districts of Kurram, Pishin, Sibi, Harnai and Thal-Chotiali (Loralai), and the control of the Khyber and the Michini Passes to British empire.

The Ameer Yakoob Khan signing the treaty at Gandamak, Afghanistan, May 26, 1879.  Illustration from the magazine The Graphic, volume XX, no 501, July 5, 1879.