Parwan Campaign (1840)

Parwan Campaign
Part of First Anglo-Afghan War
DateOctober 2 – November 1840[1][2]
Location
Result

Barakzai Afghan Victory[3][4]

  • British defeated in ~13 battles[5]
Belligerents
Barakzai
Emirate of Kabul
Kohistani Rebels
Durrani
Durrani Kingdom
United Kingdom British Empire
East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Dost Mohammad Khan
Mohammad Afzal Khan
Mir Masjidi Khan
Robert Sale
Percival Lord 
Fraser (WIA)
Edward Connolly 
Ponsonby (WIA)
Timur Mirza
Strength
400 (at Parwan Darra)[5] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy, hundreds killed and wounded.[6]

The Parwan Campaign took place from October–November 1840, as a result of Dost Mohammad Khan's rebellion against Shah Shuja and the British backed regime. The Parwan campaign had over 13 battles, with each and every one of them ending in an Afghan victory, including a final confrontation at Parwan Darra, with Robert Sale forced to abandon the campaign and return to Kabul.

  1. ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (15 January 2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
  2. ^ Dalrymple, W. (2013). The Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan. Borzoi book. Bloomsbury. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-4088-1830-5. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ Lee 2019, p. 254-255.
  4. ^ Dalrymple 2013, p. 180-182.
  5. ^ a b Dalrymple 2013, p. 180.
  6. ^ Lee 2019, p. 255.