Gandamak

E800966

Gandamak is a village in eastern Afghanistan historically significant as the site of key events during the Anglo-Afghan Wars.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Gandamak 2
Gandamak canonical 2
Retreat from Kabul 1842 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf village ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.3°N 69.7°E ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
eventDate Battle of Gandamak 1842 ⓘ
Treaty of Gandamak 1879 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Gandamak
hasNearbyCity Jalalabad ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of events during the Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ
languageUsed Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
locatedIn eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nangarhar Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Afghanistan Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
namedAfterEvent Battle of Gandamak in British historiography ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Gandamak ⓘ
linked to: Gandamak

Treaty of Gandamak ⓘ
partOfConflict First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
region Kabul–Jalalabad road corridor ⓘ
significantFor Afghan resistance to British rule ⓘ
British military history ⓘ
terrainFeature hilly terrain ⓘ
transportConnection road between Kabul and Jalalabad ⓘ
usedAsSymbolOf disaster of the First Anglo-Afghan War in British memory ⓘ
utcOffset +4:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Treaty of Gandamak → signedIn → Gandamak ⓘ
First Anglo-Afghan War → notableEvent → Battle of Gandamak ⓘ
linked to: Gandamak
Battle of Kabul 1842 → precededBy → Retreat from Kabul 1842 ⓘ
linked to: Gandamak
Gandamak → notableEvent → Battle of Gandamak ⓘ
linked to: Gandamak
retreat from Kabul → route → Gandamak ⓘ