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The First Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: ده انګريز افغان اولني جګړه) was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British initially successfully invaded the country taking sides in a succession dispute between emir Dost Mohammad Khan ( Barakzai ) and former King Shah Shujah ...
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Anglo-Afghan War. Anglo-Afghan Wars may refer to:...
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A Primeira Guerra Anglo-Afegã, que ocorreu entre 1839 e 1842, foi um dos primeiros grandes conflitos durante o Grande Jogo no século XIX, uma competição pelo poder e influência na Ásia Central entre o Reino Unido e a Rússia, e também marcou um dos piores reveses infligidos aos britânicos na região desde a consolidação da Companhia Britânica das ...
- Causes: The Great Game
- Invasion
- Civil Unrest & War
- Retreat from Kabul
- Retribution
- Aftermath
In the 19th century, Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), leader of the Sikh Empire, had greatly increased his territory in several military campaigns, which included defeating Afghan raiders and taking control of Lahore. Singh went on to take over Multan and Kashmir (1819), Ladakh (1833), and Peshawar (1834). The British East India Company, meanwhile, contro...
The British army that entered Afghanistan in March 1839 numbered around 21,000 soldiers and was led by Sir John Keane (1781-1844). This force did not face any unified opposition from the Afghan tribal leaders. The British benefitted from the Afghans having no centralised army except the private army of 4,500 men created by Dost Mohammad (1,500 infa...
The British now found themselves having to govern a people that did not want to be governed by foreigners. They tried to use bribes to exploit the age-old factions between the various Afghan tribes, which, though moderately successful at first, was a strategy that could not be sustained long-term as the British increasingly became the common enemy....
Civil unrest in Kabul in November 1841 led to a mob killing Alexander Burnes, an important political officer of the East India Company. The unrest quickly spread as garrisons like the Gurkhas (EIC allies) at Charikar and the British at Ghazni were annihilated. There were some minor successes, such as the defence of the outpost of Tellalabad against...
The new Conservative government in Britain led by Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) was determined to end the British meddling in Afghanistan, but not before a riposte was made for the Retreat from Kabul debacle. Kabul was recaptured by the experienced and meticulous Major-General George Pollock (1786-1872). Pollock had learnt valuable lessons on mountai...
As the historian Surjit Mansigh here summarises, the EIC came to regret its folly in the mountains: "[the] war in Afghanistan cost the British in India fifteen million pounds sterling and 20,000 lives in four years of military disasters" (38). British imperial confidence was dented, as was the reputation of the armies of the East India Company, but...
- Mark Cartwright
22 de mai. de 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 22, 2024 • Article History. First Anglo-Afghan War. Also called: Afghan Wars. Date: 1839 - 1842. 1878 - 1880. 1919. Location: Afghanistan. Ghaznī. Kabul. Kandahār. Parwan. Participants: Afghanistan. India. United Kingdom. Context: British Empire. British raj. Major Events:
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The Battle of Jellalabad in 1842 was an Afghan siege of the isolated British outpost at Jellalabad (now Jalalabad), about 90 miles (140 km) east of Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The siege was lifted after five months when a British counterattack routed the Afghans, driving them back to Kabul.
First Afghan War | National Army Museum. Between 1839 and 1842, British imperial forces fought a bitter war in Afghanistan. Initially successful, the campaign ended with Britain withdrawing from the country having suffered one of the worst military disasters of the 19th century. 15 min read. Afghanistan India Asia Empire Global Role.
