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*British military withdrawal upon agreement with Afghans | *British military withdrawal upon agreement with Afghans | ||
*Dost Mohammad reinstalled to the throne|side1 = [[File:Flag of Afghanistan (1919–1921).svg.png|20px|border]] [[Emirate of Afghanistan]]|side2 = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|20px|border]] [[British Empire]] | *Dost Mohammad reinstalled to the throne|side1 = [[File:Flag of Afghanistan (1919–1921).svg.png|20px|border]] [[Emirate of Afghanistan]]|side2 = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|20px|border]] [[British Empire]] | ||
*[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).png|20px|border]] [[East India Company]]|date = March 1839|end = October 1842|place = [[Afghanistan]]}} | *[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).png|20px|border]] [[East India Company]]|date = March 1839|end = October 1842|place = [[Afghanistan]]|prev = [[Napoleonic Wars]]|next = [[California Gold Rush]]|commanders1 = *{{Wiki|Dost Mohammad Khan}} | ||
*{{Wiki|Akbar Khan}}|commanders2 = *{{Wiki|William Hay Macnaghten|Sir William Hay Macnaghten}} | |||
*{{Wiki|John Keane, 1st Baron Keane|John Keane}} | |||
*{{Wiki|Willoughby Cotton|Sir Willoughby Cotton}} | |||
*{{Wiki|George Pollock|Sir George Pollock}} | |||
*{{Wiki|William George Keith Elphinstone|Sir William Elphinstone}}}} | |||
The '''First Anglo-Afghan War''' (also known as '''Auckland's Folly''') was fought between the British East India Company and [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] from 1839 to 1842. | The '''First Anglo-Afghan War''' (also known as '''Auckland's Folly''') was fought between the British East India Company and [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] from 1839 to 1842. | ||
Revision as of 05:14, 20 October 2016
The First Anglo-Afghan War (also known as Auckland's Folly) was fought between the British East India Company and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.
It is famous for the loss of 4,500 British and Indian soldiers, plus 12,000 of theircamp followers, to Afghan tribal fighters, but the British defeated the Afghans in the concluding engagement.
It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between Britain and Russia.
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