Battle of Uruzgan (1893)

The execution of Hazaras by blowing from a gun by the Pashtun tribesmen
Date1893
Location
Uruzgan in modern day Afghanistan
Result

Afghan victory[1]

  • Massacre of Hazara people[2]
  • Fall of the Hazarajat capital
Belligerents
Afghanistan Afghanistan Hazara Tribes
Commanders and leaders
Abdur Rahman Khan
Ghulam Haidar Khan Charkhi
Saad Uddin Khan
Abdullah Khan
Amir Mohammad Khan Natabi
Abdul Qodos Khan
Colonel Farhad		 Hussain Khan Hazara (POW)[3]
Rasul Khan (POW)
Tajei Khan (POW)
Strength
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Uruzgan took place in Uruzgan, Afghanistan during the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman in 1893 between the Hazaras and Abdul Rahman's army, which were government military forces and non-government forces, and the majority of which included the Pashtuns.[4] Thereafter, on Hazara defeat, the Hazaras were uprooted from Uruzgan by Abdur Rahman and Pashtun tribes were resettled in Uruzgan. Some Hazaras migrated to British India (Quetta) and Iran (Mashhad). In 1901, Amir Habibullah Khan granted amnesty to the migrated Hazaras and asked them to return. Some returning Hazaras were then resettled in Afghan Turkistan and Balkh Province, but were not allowed to return to Uruzgan.

Aftermath

A massive forced displacement happened, especially in Oruzgan and Dey Chopan and continued as lands were confiscated and populations were massacred, expelled or fled. Out of 132,000 families, 10,000 to 15,000 Hazara families fled the country to northern Afghanistan, Mashhad (Iran), and Quetta (Pakistan), and 7,000 to 10,000 Hazaras submitted to Abdur Rahman, and the rest fought until they were defeated.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/lifeofabdurrahma01abdauoft/page/282/mode/2up?q=hussain
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=DYNMAQAAQBAJ&dq=BATTLE+OF+URUZGAN+1893&pg=PA24
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/lifeofabdurrahma01abdauoft/page/280/mode/2up?q=hussain
  4. ↑ "Hazara Battle in Urozgan". New York Times. October 2, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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