In 1893, Sir W. M. Ramsay in The Church in the Roman Empire held that the Codex Bezae ( the Western text ) rested on a recension made in Asia Minor ( somewhere between Ephesus and southern Galatia ), not later than about the middle of the 2nd century.

Under pressure, Abdur Rahman agreed in 1893 to accept a mission headed by the British Indian foreign secretary, Sir Mortimer Durand, to define the limits of British and Afghan control in the Pashtun territories.

* 1893 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor ( d. 1964 )

Aberdeen's second son was General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon ; his third son was the Reverend Douglas Hamilton-Gordon ; and his youngest son Arthur Gordon was created Baron Stanmore in 1893.

* 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

* 1817 – Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman ( d. 1893 )

However, he was wrecked on HMS Victoria when it collided with HMS Camperdown ( the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon ) off Tripoli on 22 June 1893 ; the Admiral, 21 officers and 350 men drowned.

This candidate received further support from Sir John Rhys, who, in 1893, proclaimed that the alternative spelling indicated an area straddling the England-North Wales border, Maleore in Flintshire, and Maleor in Denbigh.

* August 6 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor ( b. 1893 )

* January 24 – Sir Alexander Korda, Hungarian-born film director ( b. 1893 )

* March 12 – Sir John Abbott, Canadian politician ( d. 1893 )

* January 8 – Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman ( d. 1893 )

Camperdown in 1893 and sank with the loss of 358 men, including Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

Earlier in 1893, Professor McKendrick, of Glasgow, had examined subject and reported unfavourably on the scant knowledge of the special senses displayed by the candidates ; it was in reaction to this that Sir Michael Foster, who had seen the potential in this shy, retiring Bart's man, appointed Rivers as a lecturer and he became Fellow Commoner at St John's College forthwith.

Sir Victor Gollancz ( 9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967 ) was a British publisher, socialist and supporter of left-wing causes.

Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893 ) was the third Prime Minister of Canada.

* Sir Francis Simon ( 1893 – 1956 ), physicist

His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus ( in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858 – 60 ; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862 – 67 ; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy ( Parthian ), 1873 ; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy ( Sassanian ), 1875 ; Manual of Ancient History, 1869 ; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871 ; The Origin of Nations, 1877 ; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881 ; Egypt and Babylon, 1885 ; History of Phoenicia, 1889 ; Parthia, 1893 ; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898.

* Sir George Reid ( RAF officer ) ( 1893 – 1991 ), World War I flying ace in No. 20 Squadron RAF

Sir Alexander Korda ( 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956 ) was a Hungarian-born British film producer and director.

Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke ( 19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964 ) was a noted English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years.

File: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones-Vespertina Quies-Google Art Project. jpg | Vespertina Quies, 1893

The College is named for Sir William Dawson, a principal of McGill University from 1855 to 1893.

In 1893 Mortimer Durand negotiated with Abdur Rahman Khan, the Durand Line Treaty for the demarcation of the frontier between Afghanistan, the FATA, North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan Provinces of Pakistan the successor state of British India.

In 1893, Mortimer Durand was deputed to Kabul by the government of British India for this purpose of settling an exchange of territory required by the demarcation of the boundary between northeastern Afghanistan and the Russian possessions, and in order to discuss with Amir Abdur Rahman Khan other pending questions.

In 1893, as part of a way for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence, the Durand Line Agreement was signed between Afghan " Iron " Amir Abdur Rahman and British Viceroy Mortimer Durand.

* Mortimer von Kessel ( 1893 – 1981 ), German general

The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called the Durand Line, named after the Foreign Secretary of ( British Raj | British ) India Mortimer Durand in 1893.

In 1893, Mortimer Durand was dispatched to Kabul by the government of British India to reach an agreement with Amir Abdur Rahman Khan for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence.

In the year 1893, during rule of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, a Royal Commission for setting up of Boundary between Afghanistan and British Governed India was set up to negotiate terms with the British, for the agreeing to the Durand line, and the two parties camped at Parachinar, now part of FATA Pakistan, which is near Khost, Afghanistan.

Maps showing the boundary of Afghanistan before the 1893 Durand Line | Durand Line Treaty.

Boundary limits were agreed on by Durand and Abdur Rahman before the end of 1893, but there is some question about the degree to which Abdur Rahman willingly ceded certain regions.

The Afghan border with Pakistan, known as the Durand Line, was arbitrarily drawn by colonial officials of the British Empire in 1893 following the Second Afghan War.

* July 26, 1949 — Afghanistan-Pakistan relations rapidly deteriorated over a dispute, officially declared that it did not recognize the 1893 Durand Line border any longer between the two countries.

* 1893 – The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan ; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations.

Pashtunistan was politically divided for administration in 1893 by the Durand Line, a disputed and poorly-marked border between Afghanistan and British India.

Afghanistan before the 1893 controversial Durand Line border

It was formally established after the 1893 Durand Line Agreement between a representative of colonial British India and Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence.

On November 12, 1893, the Durand Line Agreement was reached.

The original 1893 Durand Line Agreement was written in English, with translated copies in Dari or Pashto language.

Afghanistan before the 1893 Durand Line Agreement

Pakistan inherited the 1893 Durand Line Agreement after its partition from the British Raj in 1947 but there has never been a formal agreement or ratification between Islamabad and Kabul.

Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office ( AGCHO ) depicts the line on their maps as a de facto border, including naming the " Durand Line 2310 km ( 1893 )" as an " International Boundary Line " on their home page.