Herat

Herat is a city in western Afghanistan, located in the valley of the Hari River. The Durrani Empire controlled Herat from 1747 until it became independent in 1824 during a split between the Durranis and the Barakzais. In the mid-nineteenth century Persia repeatedly laid claim to the city and invaded it, leading to the Anglo-Persian War of 1856–57. Today, Herat is Afghanistan’s third-largest city.

Coordinates

Latitude: 34.350516651777
Longitude: 62.216691970825

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Timeline of Events Associated with Herat

Date Event Manage
1839 to 12 Oct 1842

Anglo-Afghan War

Butler's 'Remnants of an Army'Anglo-Afghan War. Though the British officially won the war, Afghanistan was hardly secure either during the occupation or in the decades that followed. In that sense, the first Anglo-Afghan war presaged a century of precarious imperial power on the frontier of the Raj. Image: Detail: ‘Remnants of an Army’ by Elizabeth Butler portraying William Brydon arriving at the gates of Jalalabad as the only survivor of a 16,500 strong evacuation from Kabul in January 1842. This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired.

Articles

Antoinette Burton, “On the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: Spectacle of Disaster”

Related Articles

Zarena Aslami, “The Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of the Uninvited”
Nov 1878 to 2 May 1881

Anglo-Afghan War

Battle of KandaharThe Second Anglo-Afghan War grew out of longstanding tensions between Russia and Britain over Britain’s prized colonial possession of India. It lasted from November 1878 to May 1881. Image: Battle of Kandahar, 1880, by W. Skeoch Cumming. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

Articles

Zarena Aslami, “The Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of the Uninvited”

Related Articles

Antoinette Burton, “On the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: Spectacle of Disaster”