The '''Battle of Kandahar''' was fought between the Afghan/[[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] forces and [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Shuja Durrani]] in 1834.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hodge |first=Carl Cavanagh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtEZ7Zq7s-gC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834+ranjit&pg=PA195 |title=Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 |date=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-33404-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Norris |first=J. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuHlEZPBn5EC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA63 |title=The First Afghan War 1838-1842 |date=1967-10-02 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-05838-4 |pages=63 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Waller |first=John H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wANAAAAIAAJ |title=Beyond the Khyber Pass: The Road to British Disaster in the First Afghan War |date=1990 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-394-56934-5 |language=en}}</ref> [[Dost Mohammad Khan|Dost Muhammad Khan]] defeated [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Shuja Durrani]], [[Ranjit Singh]], and imprisoned William Campbell.{{According to whom|date=May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Olson |first1=James Stuart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-X-XYB_ZkIC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834+ranjit&pg=PA378 |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire |last2=Shadle |first2=Robert |date=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27917-1 |pages=378 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ring |first1=Trudy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voerPYsAB5wC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834+ranjit&pg=PA441 |title=Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places |last2=Watson |first2=Noelle |last3=Schellinger |first3=Paul |date=2012-11-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-63979-1 |pages=441 |language=en}}</ref>

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| conflict = Battle of Kandahar (1834)

| partof = the [[Afghan-Sikh Wars]]

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| date = 2 July, 1834 <ref>https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/The_First_Afghan_War_1838_1842/GuHlEZPBn5EC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA63&printsec=frontcover</ref>

| place = [[Kandahar]]

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| result = Emirate of Afghanistan Victory<ref name="auto">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuHlEZPBn5EC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA63 | title=The First Afghan War 1838-1842 | isbn=9780521058384 | last1=Norris | first1=J. A. | date=2 October 1967 }}</ref>

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| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg|24px]] [[Durrani Empire]]<br>

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[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|25px]][[East India Company]]<br>[[File:Sikh Empire flag.jpg|24px]][[Sikh Empire]]

| combatant2 = Emirate of Afghanistan

| commander1 = [[File:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg|24px]] [[Shah Shuja Durrani]]<br>[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|25px]] William Campbell{{POW}} <ref>https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_the_History_of_Punjab_1800/8BduAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=William%20campbell%20prisoner%201834%20dost</ref>

| commander2 = [[Dost Muhammad Khan]]

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| casualties3 = 16,000 killed in total<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Afghanistan/AAHna6aqtX4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kandahar+1834&pg=PA240&printsec=frontcover|title=Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan|author=Ludwig W. Adamec|date=2012|pp=240|isbn=9780810878150}}</ref>

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== The Battle ==

The battle was fought on 1 May 1834, near [[Kandahar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harlan |first=Josiah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9QRAAAAYAAJ&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PP9 |title=A Memoir of India and Avghanistaun: With Observations on the Present Exciting and Critical State and Future Prospects of Those Countries. Comprising Remarks on the Massacre of the British Army in Cabul ... |date=1842 |publisher=J. Dobson |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I_pndNDyhtoC&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA84 |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |date=1881 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bengal |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref> The battle continued for 52 days and [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Shuja Durrani]] failed to captured Kandahar. Later Dost Mohammad Khan's forces regrouped and attacked Shah Shuja's army, inflicting heavy losses on them and Shah Shuja retreated to Lahore with his remaining followers while William Campbell was imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jalali |first=Ali Ahmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhGrEAAAQBAJ&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA97 |title=A Military History of Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror |date=2017-03-17 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-7006-2407-2 |pages=97 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=MacMunn |first=George Fletcher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNsuAQAAIAAJ&q=battle+of+kandahar+1834 |title=Afghanistan: From Darius to Amanullah |date=2002 |publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications |isbn=978-969-35-1315-8 |language=en}}</ref>

== Aftermath ==

Shah Shuja was forced to retreat to India with a small group of loyal followers.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kAKAQAAIAAJ&dq=battle+of+kandahar+1834&pg=PA376 |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |date=1908 |publisher=Clarendon Press |pages=376 |language=en}}</ref> The battle of Kandahar in 1834 was a setback for Shah Shuja's ambitions to reclaim the throne of [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INRmAAAAMAAJ |title=History Today |date=2001 |pages=14 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Battles involving the Sikhs]]