Battle of Maiwand

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The Battle of Maiwand was a significant 1880 engagement in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in which Afghan forces inflicted a major defeat on the British, becoming a symbol of Afghan resistance and military valor.

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Battle of Maiwand canonical 19
Battle of Maiwand 1880 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedPerson Ayub Khan ⓘ
George Burrows ⓘ
associatedPlace Kandahar ⓘ
belligerent British Indian Army ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
campaign Kandahar campaign of 1880 ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesAfghan several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesAndLossesBritishIndian over 600 wounded ⓘ
over 900 killed ⓘ
combatantCommanderAfghanSide Ayub Khan ⓘ
combatantCommanderBritishSide Brigadier General George Burrows ⓘ
commander Ayub Khan ⓘ
George Burrows ⓘ
commemoratedBy Maiwand Lion war memorial ⓘ
linked to: Maiwand Lion
conflict Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
culturalImpact became part of Afghan national historical memory ⓘ
referenced in British military history as a notable defeat ⓘ
date 27 July 1880 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Kandahar (1880) ⓘ
location Maiwand ⓘ
memorial Maiwand Lion ⓘ
memorialLocation Forbury Gardens, Reading, England ⓘ
linked to: Forbury Gardens
notableFeature heroic last stand of elements of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
notableUnit 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
Bombay Grenadiers ⓘ
Jacob’s Rifles ⓘ
opponentOf British Empire ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Ahmed Khel ⓘ
relatedConflict Great Game ⓘ
result Afghan victory ⓘ
significance major defeat for British forces in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
symbol of Afghan military valor ⓘ
symbol of Afghan resistance ⓘ
strategicObjectiveAfghan advance toward Kandahar ⓘ
strategicObjectiveBritish block Ayub Khan’s advance on Kandahar ⓘ
strengthAfghanForces approximately 25,000–30,000 troops ⓘ
strengthBritishIndianForces approximately 2,500–3,000 troops ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Afghan forces held the field ⓘ
British Indian force routed ⓘ
theatre Southern Afghanistan ⓘ
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
year 1880 ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Anglo-Afghan War → majorBattle → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment → battleHonour → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Maiwand 1880 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Maiwand
Battle of Kandahar (1880) → precededBy → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand Lion → commemorates → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand Lion → namedAfter → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Battle of Kandahar → precededBy → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Battle of Kandahar → relatedEvent → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand District → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand District → knownFor → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand → knownFor → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Maiwand → historicalEvent → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
George Burrows → battle → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Ayub Khan → conflict → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Ayub Khan → significantBattle → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
George Burrows → participatedIn → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
George Burrows → conflict → Battle of Maiwand ⓘ