ID: 901001553 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001553	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	First Anglo-Afghan War (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842)

Note: First of three armed conflicts between the British and Afghanistan, in an effort for control of the region, to stave off a perceived competitive threat from Russia, and to restore the rule of exiled leader Shah Shojā'. The result was a British defeat and eventual retreat known as "Auckland's Folly," after Lord Auckland, then governor-general of India's decision to invade.

Display Date: 1839-1842

Names:

	First Anglo-Afghan War (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Auckland's Folly (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Asian history> (P)
		........Afghan history (P)
		............Anglo-Afghan Wars (British-Afghan history, 1839-1919) (P)
		................First Anglo-Afghan War (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... war
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... United Kingdom
	..... ULAN Candidate

	actor is .... Afghanistan
	..... ULAN Candidate

	actor is .... East India Company (British company, contemporary)
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

Sources:

	First Anglo-Afghan War (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2016
	Auckland's Folly (Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-1842)
	................Runion, History of Afghanistan (2007) 78

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War#/media/File:THE_RETREAT_FROM_AFGHANISTAN,_1842..gif
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 12 October 2016