Ayub Khan defeats the British Army of…

July 1880 CE

Ayub Khan defeats the British Army of George Burrows at the Battle of Maiwand on July 27, 1880, with the help of Malalai Anaa of Maiwand, a young Pashtun woman who is slain in the fighting.

This is the biggest defeat for the Anglo-Indian army in the second Anglo-Afghan war.

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Maiwand Kandahar Afghanistan View →

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Abdur Rahman Khan View → Malalai of Maiwand View → Mohammad Ayub Khan View → Neville Bowles Chamberlain View → Robert Bulwer-Lytton View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Afghanistan, (Barakzai) Emirate of View → British Raj; India (Indian Empire) View →

Topics
Colonization of Asia, British View → Great Game, The View → Anglo-Afghan War, Second View → Maiwand, Battle of View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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