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First Anglo-Afghan War
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1838–1842 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan
Key facts
- Date
- Date 1 October 1838 – 12 October 1842, (4 years, 1 week and 4 days)
- Location
- Afghanistan
- Result
- Barakzai Afghan victory
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- war
- Part of
- Anglo-Afghan Wars
- Location
- Afghanistan
- Image
- The army of the Indus entering Kandahar.jpg
- Participant
- Emirate of Afghanistan
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- Commons category
- First Anglo-Afghan War
- topic's main category
- Category:First Anglo-Afghan War
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- First Anglo-Afghan War
- start time
- 1839-03-00
- end time
- 1842-10-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Durranis Durrani Empire
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “First Anglo-Afghan War” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.