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ID: 901001556
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001556
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Anglo-Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919)

Note: Series of three armed conflicts between Afghanistan and Britain, who desired control of the region, as well as to prevent Russian influence.

Display Date: 1839-1842; 1878-1880; 1919

Names:
Anglo-Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<Asian history> (P)
........Afghan history (P)
............Anglo-Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... wars
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
actor is .... United Kingdom
.....(Europe) (TGN)
actor is .... Afghanistan
.....(Asia) (TGN)
actor is .... East India Company (British company, contemporary)
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

Sources:
Anglo-Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2016
Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2016
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2016

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