1883.—Occupation by Russia of Tejend oasis (October).
1883.—Quetta district ceded to Great Britain.
1883.—Shignan and Roshan occupied by Abdur Rahman Khan.
1883.—Abdur Rahman passes a law concerning the status of women.
1883.—Subsidy of 12 lakhs, granted by Lord Ripon to Abdur Rahman, due.
1884.—Frontier negotiations between Great Britain and Russia. Sir Peter Lumsden proceeds with British Mission to Herat to demarcate Northern Boundary of Afghanistan.
1884.—Recommencement of Quetta Railway.
1884.—Sir P. Lumsden sent as British Boundary Commissioner (October 1884).
1884.—The Russians occupy Pul-i-Khatun (October).
1885.—The Russians occupy Zulfikar and Akrobat, and advance upon Pendjeh (February).