What the records say
- When
- 27 Jul 1880
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.73° N, 65.13° E
- Description
- 1880 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Battle of Maiwand
1880 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
The Battle of Maiwand was fought on 27 July 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Fought near the village of Maiwand in Kandahar Province, the battle resulted in an Afghan army of 25,000 regulars and irregulars under Mohammad Ayub Khan defeating a force of 2,476 British and Indian troops under Brigadier-general George Burrows.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Anglo-Afghan War – Battle of Maiwand: Afghan troops under Ayub Khan defeat British and Indian forces, under Brigadier General George Burrows”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Britische Truppen werden von Afghanen in der Schlacht von Maiwand besiegt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “seconde guerre anglo-afghane : victoire afghane sur les Britanniques à la bataille de Maiwand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “разгром афганцами британской бригады в сражении при Майнванде”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el marco de la segunda guerra anglo-afgana, los afganos obtienen una victoria pírrica sobre la armada británica en la batalla de Maiwand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page