Kabul Expedition (1842)
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The Kabul Expedition was a punitive campaign undertaken by the British against the Afghans following the disastrous retreat from Kabul. Two British and East India Company armies forced through the Khy
British and Indian troops outside Kabul in 1842
Battle in Kabul between the Afghans versus the Sikhs, Gurkas, and British in 1842. Coloured transfer taken lithograph
A sketch of Kandahar, in December 1841
Afghan foot soldiers, lithograph by James Rattray (1841)
Wazir Akbar Khan
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Mohammad Akbar Khan Barakzai, famously known as Wazir Akbar Khan, was a Barakzai prince and military commander who served as Emir of Afghanistan from December 1842 to April 1843. He also served as viz
Kabul Expedition (1842)
…murdered. The ineffectual commander of the Kabul garrison, General William George Keith Elphinstone, failed to react to the uprising. Dost Mohammed's son Akbar Khan, arrived to lead the insurrection. Elphinstone asked for reinforcements from Major General William Nott, commanding at Kandahar. Nott unwillingly…
A drawing of Akbar Khan by Vincent Eyre
Portrait of Akbar Khan on horseback in the Illustrated London News, 1842
Wazir Akbar Khan Grave.