What the records say
- When
- 30 Mar 1885
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 35.28° N, 62.34° E
- Description
- The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident, which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Panjdeh incident.
Panjdeh incident
1885 battle between Russia and Afghanistan
The Panjdeh incident was an armed engagement between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in 1885 that led to a diplomatic crisis between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire regarding the Russian expansion south-eastwards towards the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj (India).
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Afghanistan : occupation de Pendjeh par les Russes qui infligent une défaite cuisante aux Afghans à Ak Tepe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой на Кушке: Российская империя отвоевала у афганцев свой самый южный предел”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page