First Battle of Uruzgan

Battle of Uruzgan (9 August 1892)
	Part of 1888–1893 Hazara uprisings
Date	August 9, 1892
Location	Uruzgan
Result	Hazara Victory Capture of Afghan fort; Massacre of Afghan troops;
Belligerents
Uruzgani Hazaras	Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Faiz Mohammad Khan † Brigadier Zabardast Khan †
Casualties and losses
Minimal	1000-1500

The First Battle of Uruzgan took place in Uruzgan on August 9, 1892 between the Uruzgani Hazaras and the Kingdom of Afghanistan during the famous Hazara Uprisings.^[1]

When the Afghan forces under the leadership of Brigadier Zabardast Khan were challenged by a force of Uruzgani Hazaras, the Afghan forces were defeated in a fierce battle.^[1]^[2] When the news of this defeat reached his brother, Faiz Mohammad Khan, he prepared a force of Afghans and marched towards Uruzgan where he also fought the Uruzgani Hazaras and after the battle, he lost 1000 men, Faiz then fled to a nearby Afghan fort where he and his men were sieged by the Hazaras, after a month of the siege, Faiz decided to surrender to the Hazaras.^[1] The Hazaras took the fort and massacred the Afghan troops and hunted the rest of them.^[1]^[3]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Poladi, Hasan. The Hazaras. p. 216.
^ ^a ^b Khanov, Timor (1996). Rahimi, AzizAllah (ed.). Tarikh Milli Hazara (in Persian) (Translated ed.).
^ Secret and political letters and enclosures received in London from India. Unpublished manuscript, Vols. 25-91.London, 1880-1901

[:0-1] Poladi, Hasan. The Hazaras. p. 216.

[:1-2] Khanov, Timor (1996). Rahimi, AzizAllah (ed.). Tarikh Milli Hazara (in Persian) (Translated ed.).

[3] Secret and political letters and enclosures received in London from India. Unpublished manuscript, Vols. 25-91.London, 1880-1901

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