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AYUB KHAN (1855– )

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KHAN (1855– ) , Afghan See also:prince, son of Shere All (formerly See also:amir of See also:Afghanistan), and See also:cousin of the amir Abdur Rahman, was See also:born about 1855. During his See also:father's reign little is recorded of him, but after Shere See also:Ali's See also:expulsion from See also:Kabul by the See also:English, and his See also:death in See also:January 1879, Ayub took See also:possession of See also:Herat, and maintained himself there until See also:June 1881, when he invaded Afghanistan with the view of asserting his claims to the See also:sovereignty, and in particular of gaining possession of See also:Kandahar, still in the occupation of the See also:British. He encountered the British force commanded by See also:General Burrows at See also:Maiwand on the 27th of See also:July, and was able to gain one of the very few pitched battles that have been won by See also:Asiatic leaders over an See also:army under See also:European direction. His See also:triumph, however, was See also:short-lived; while he hesitated to See also:assault Kandahar he was attacked by See also:Sir See also:Frederick (afterwards See also:Lord) See also:Roberts, at the See also:close of the latter's memorable See also:march from Kabul, and utterly discomfited, loth of See also:September 1880. He made his way back to Herat, where he remained for some See also:time unmolested. In the summer of 1881 he again invaded Afghanistan, and on the anniversary of the See also:battle of Maiwand obtained a See also:signal victory over Abdur Rahman's lieutenants, mainly through the defection of a See also:Durani See also:regiment. Kandahar See also:fell into his hands, but Abdur Rahman now took the See also:field in See also:person, totally defeated Ayub, and expelled him from Herat. He took See also:refuge in See also:Persia, and for some time lived quietly in See also:receipt of an See also:allowance from the See also:Persian See also:government. In 1887 See also:internal troubles in Afghanistan tempted him to make another endeavour to seize the See also:throne. Defeated and driven into See also:exile, he wandered for some time about Persia, and in See also:November gave himself up to the British See also:agent at See also:Meshed. He was sent to See also:India to live as a See also:state prisoner.

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