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First Anglo-Afghan War
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1838–1842 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan
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Within Vinony's link graph, First Anglo-Afghan War is referenced by 1,378 other articles, and connects out to Shah Shujah Durrani, Pashto and East India Company.
It is catalogued under topics including 1839 in Afghanistan, 1839 in British India and 19th-century military history of the United Kingdom.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Date
- Date 1 October 1838 – 12 October 1842, (4 years, 1 week and 4 days)
- Location
- Afghanistan
- Result
- Barakzai Afghan victory
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- war
- Part of
- Anglo-Afghan Wars
- Location
- Afghanistan
- Image
- The army of the Indus entering Kandahar.jpg
- Participant
- Emirate of Afghanistan
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- Commons category
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- topic's main category
- Category:First Anglo-Afghan War
- Commons gallery
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- start time
- 1839-03-00
- end time
- 1842-10-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Durranis Durrani Empire
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “First Anglo-Afghan War” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
Connections
Shah Shujah Durrani
Entity
Pashto
Entity
East India Company
Company
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Entity
Jalalabad
Entity
Great Game
Entity
Mohammed Nadir Shah
Entity
Emirate of Afghanistan
Entity
Akbar Khan
Entity
Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
Entity
jirga
Entity
G. A. Henty
Entity
William George Keith Elphinstone
Entity
George Pollock
Entity
Jan Prosper Witkiewicz
Entity
Communications in Afghanistan
Entity
1842 retreat from Kabul
Entity
Battle of Jellalabad
Entity
Dal Khalsa
Entity
Battle of Kabul
Entity
Categories
1839 in Afghanistan1839 in British India19th-century military history of the United KingdomAnglo-Afghan WarsBattles involving British IndiaEmirate of AfghanistanFirst Anglo-Afghan WarHistory of the Bengal Engineer GroupHistory of the Bombay Engineer GroupHistory of the Indian Army Corps of EngineersInvasions by the United KingdomInvasions of AfghanistanKhanate of KalatMilitary history of AfghanistanMilitary history of Khyber PakhtunkhwaWars involving AfghanistanWars involving the United KingdomWars of succession involving the states and peoples of AsiaWars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe