British occupation of Kabul

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The British occupation of Kabul was a brief 19th-century military control of Afghanistan’s capital by British forces during the First Anglo-Afghan War, which ended disastrously with a retreat marked by heavy losses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
aftermath temporary British punitive expedition to Kabul in 1842 ⓘ
withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan ⓘ
cause British attempt to install a friendly regime in Afghanistan ⓘ
British fears of Russian influence in Central Asia ⓘ
combatant Bengal Army ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
British Indian Army units ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
conflict First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
countryInvolved Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
describedAs brief British control of Afghanistan’s capital ⓘ
endTime 1842 ⓘ
followedBy Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
hasPart garrisoning of Kabul by British and Indian troops ⓘ
retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad ⓘ
uprising in Kabul in 1841 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
notableCommander Akbar Khan ⓘ
Alexander Burnes ⓘ
Shah Shujah Durrani ⓘ
linked to: Shuja Shah Durrani

William Elphinstone ⓘ
notableEvent killing of Alexander Burnes in Kabul ⓘ
massacre of retreating column in the Kabul Gorge ⓘ
opponent Afghan tribal forces ⓘ
supporters of Dost Mohammad Khan ⓘ
partOf First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
precededBy British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 ⓘ
relatedTo First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Great Game ⓘ
Retreat from Kabul ⓘ
linked to: retreat from Kabul
result Afghan victory ⓘ
British military disaster ⓘ
heavy British losses ⓘ
retreat from Kabul ⓘ
significance early example of the difficulties of foreign occupation in Afghanistan ⓘ
major setback for British policy in the Great Game ⓘ
startTime 1839 ⓘ

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First Anglo-Afghan War → notableEvent → British occupation of Kabul ⓘ
Battle of Kabul 1842 → partOfCampaign → British punitive expedition to Kabul ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Kabul
retreat from Kabul → precededBy → British occupation of Kabul (1839–1842) ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Kabul
Battle of Ghazni (1839) → relatedEvent → First capture of Kabul (1839) ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Kabul