Malalai of Maiwand

Malalai Noorzai of Maiwand, also known as Malala, or Malalai Anna , meaning Malalai the "Grandmother") is a national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallies local fighters against the British troops at the 1880 Battle of Maiwand.

She fights alongside Ayub Khan and is responsible for the Afghan victory at the Battle of Maiwand on July 27, 1880, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

She is also known as "The Afghan Jeanne D'Arc" and as "The Afghan Molly Pitcher" to the Western world.

There are many schools, hospitals, and other institutions named after her in Afghanistan.

Her story is told in the Afghan school text books.

The Pakistani women's-rights activist Malala Yousafzai and Afghan activist-politician Malalai Joya are named after Malalai of Maiwand.

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