Showing posts with label Anglo-Sikh wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anglo-Sikh wars. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 November 2021

The Pashtun squad of Major George Broadfoot at Mudki , 1845





The Pashtun squad of Major George Broadfoot at Mudki (Ferozpur district, Punjab, India), 1845. Painting by Waldemar von Hohenzollern. Source

The Battle of Mudki was fought on 18 December 1845, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab during First Anglo-Sikh War.

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Muhammad Akram Khan: the third son of the Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, 1842





Muhammad Akram Khan: the third son of the Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, 1842.

He commanded the Commanded the Afghan Cavalry at the Battle of Gujrat in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. 

Inscription content: MUHUMMUD UKRUM KHAN: Third Son of the UMEER DOST MUHUMMUD KHAN Afghan Commanded the Afghan Cavalry at the Battle of Goojarat when (?) (Dost Muhummud - the present Umeer or Ruler of Caubul) is I believe of the Barakzye family, allied to the Persians C.G. Inscription note: Printed and handwritten in pencil.

 Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_As2006-Prt-334

Thursday, 14 March 2019

Usman Khan (Shah Shuja's Wazir)




Sketch of Usman Khan (a Kamran Khel Saddozai), from London Illustrated News, dated to December 18, 1858. 




Usman Khan served as Grand Wazir of Shah Shuja in 1840-1842. He fled to Peshawar after the Anglo-Afghan war and joined the British. He fought on the side of British in Second Anglo-Sikh war (1848-1849) and was stationed at Attock. His son Muhammad Aslam Khan was the first Muslim Commandant of Khyber Rifles.