Maiwand
Maiwand | |
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  Maiwand Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:31°44′22″N65°08′24″E/ 31.73944°N 65.14000°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kandahar Province |
| District | Maywand District |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Maiwandis a village inAfghanistanwithin theMaywand DistrictofKandahar Province.It is located 50 miles northwest ofKandahar,on the main Kandahar–Lashkargahroad.[1][2]
The area is irrigated by theHelmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[3]
Maiwand is the birthplace of the 13th-centurySufisaintLal Shahbaz Qalandar.[4]
The village is notable for theBattle of Maiwand,which took place on July 27, 1880, during theSecond Anglo-Afghan War.Ayub Khantogether withMalalai Anaadefeated a British brigade underGeneral Burrows.[5]The British commemorated the battle with theMaiwand Lionsculpture atForbury Gardensin England.
References
[edit]- ^Forbes, Archibald (2010) [1892].The Afghan Wars: 1839-42 and 1878-80.New York, NY: Cosimo Classics. p. 298.ISBN9781616405205.Retrieved13 February2015.
- ^"The Battle of Khushk-i-Nakud".The Second Angl-Afghan War 1878-1880.Retrieved13 February2015.
- ^(pdf) The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: A.I.D. Evaluation Special Study No. 18C Clapp-Wicek & E Baldwin, U.S. Agency for International Development, published December 1983
- ^"The Sufi in red".pakistantoday.pk.Retrieved2018-03-11.
- ^Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)..Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 447.
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