Sher Ali marches up from Kandahar against…
May 1866 CE
Sher Ali marches up from Kandahar against his relatives, but in the battle that ensues at Sheikhabad on May 10, he is deserted by a large body of his troops, and after his signal defeat, Abdur Rahman releases his father, Afzul Khan, from prison in Ghazni, and installs him as Amir of Afghanistan.