The Second Herat War (late March 1856–26 October 1856) was the invasion of the surrounding realm of Herat and the successful siege of its citadel by the...

agreement laid the groundwork for tensions that culminated in the Second Herat War in 1856. After overthrowing Sa'id Mohammad Khan on 15 September 1855...

1851, the interference in Herat in 1852, the protection of Sarakhs against the Khanate of Khiva in 1854, and the Second Herat War. After his death, he was...

Herāt (/hɛˈrɑːt/; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and...

Principality of Herat (Persian: شاهزاده‌نشین هرات), the Emirate of Herat (Persian: امارت هرات), the Herat Khanate (Persian: خان‌نشین هرات) or simply Herat (Persian:...

Herat (Pashto/Dari: هرات) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah...

Great Mosque of Herat (Pashto: د هرات لوی جومات ; Dari: مسجد جامع هرات, romanized: Masjid-i Jāmi'-i Herāt) or "Jami Masjid of Herat", is a mosque in...

who was commissioned in the 7th Savadkuh Regiment, and served in the Second Herat War of 1856. Abbas-Ali died suddenly on 26 November 1878, when Reza was...

large earthquakes measuring Mww 6.3 each and their aftershocks affected Herat Province in western Afghanistan in early October 2023. The first two earthquakes...

The Herat campaign of 1862–1863 was a conflict between the Principality of Herat and the Emirate of Afghanistan, from March 1862, when Sultan Jan captured...

civil war brewed. During this turbulent period, Afghanistan fractured into many states, including the Principality of Qandahar, Emirate of Herat, Khanate...

by the Qajar dynasty. The war had the British oppose an attempt by Iran to press its claim on the city of Herat. Though Herat had been part of Iran under...

the British as the ruler of Afghanistan. The second campaign began when Ayub Khan, the governor of Herat, rebelled in July 1880 and marched on Kandahar...

retrospective analyses. In March 1979, there had been a violent uprising in Herat, wherein a number of Soviet military advisers were executed. The ruling...

Taliban splinter group (led by Muhammad Rasul) in the Shindand district of Herat, and up to 100 militants were killed. In April 2016, President Ashraf Ghani...

further secure his throne from the growing popularity of Mahmud Shah in Herat and older brother Humayun in Kandahar wanted to mobilise his army to march...

The Campaign of Herat consisted of a series of intermittent and fluid engagements culminating in the finale of Nader's military operations against the...

the end of his reign, he had reunited the principalities of Kandahar and Herat with Kabul. Dost had ruled for a lengthy 36 years, a span exceeded only...

kilometres to the west. The governor of Herat, Allahyar Khan, who was confirmed in his position by Nader after his the war of in 1729 remained loyal but his...

Maiwand or the Afghan Prince Charlie was, for a while, the governor of Herat Province in the Emirate of Afghanistan. He was briefly the Emir of Afghanistan...

kilometres to the west. The governor of Herat, Allahyar Khan, who was confirmed in his position by Nader after the war in 1729 remained loyal but his chief...

governor of Herat province in 1863. In 1870, he decided to rebel against his father but failed and was imprisoned in 1874. The Second Anglo-Afghan War erupted...

of Mazar-i-Sharif Siege of Kunduz Fall of Kabul (2001) 2001 uprising in Herat Battle of Tarin Kowt Fall of Kandahar Battle of Qala-i-Jangi Battle of Tora...

and possibly also Arachosia and Aria as far as Herat. (ii) Chandragupta gave Seleucus 500 Indian war elephants. (iii) The two kings were joined by some...

the war. The Taliban, a new militia formed with support from Pakistan and ISI, became dominant in 1995–96. It captured Kandahar in late-1994, Herat in...

This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan. دلجو, عباس (2014). تاریخ باستانی هزاره ها. کابل: انتشارات امیری. ISBN 9936801504. Ritter, William S. (1990)...

The Ottoman–Persian War of 1743–1746 was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Afsharid Iran. Persia attempted to ratify the Treaty of Constantinople...

rule of the Iranian government in the rebellious city of Herat. In 1837 he marched to Herat and laid a futile siege on the city, which was eventually...

International Airport, the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar, and Herat International Airport. It also has a number of smaller domestic airports...

end of the civil war, although Saqqawist activity continued until 1931, with the fall of their final holdout, Herat. The civil war was fought concurrently...