Maiwand
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  Maiwand Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′22″N 65°08′24″E / 31.73944°N 65.14000°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Kandahar Province |
| District | Maywand District |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road.[1][2]
The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.[3]
Maiwand is the birthplace of the 13th-century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.[4]
The village is notable for the Battle of Maiwand, which took place on July 27, 1880, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Ayub Khan together with Malalai Anaa defeated a British brigade under General Burrows.[5] The British commemorated the battle with the Maiwand Lion sculpture at Forbury Gardens in England.
References
[edit]- ^ Forbes, Archibald (2010) [1892]. The Afghan Wars: 1839-42 and 1878-80. New York, NY: Cosimo Classics. p. 298. ISBN 9781616405205. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "The Battle of Khushk-i-Nakud". The Second Angl-Afghan War 1878-1880. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ (pdf) The Helmand Valley Project in Afghanistan: A.I.D. Evaluation Special Study No. 18 C Clapp-Wicek & E Baldwin, U.S. Agency for International Development, published December 1983
- ^ "The Sufi in red". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 447.
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31°44′N 65°08′E / 31.733°N 65.133°E
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