Maiwand

For other uses, see Maiwand (disambiguation).

Maiwand is a village in Afghanistan within the Maywand District of Kandahar Province. It is located 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, on the main Kandahar–Lashkargah road.^[1][2]

Maiwand
Maiwand Location in Afghanistan
Coordinates: 31°44′22″N 65°08′24″E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kandahar Province
District	Maywand District
Time zone	UTC+4:30

Royal Horse Artillery fleeing from Afghan attack at the Battle of Maiwand, painting by Richard Caton Woodville Jr. (1883)

The area is irrigated by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority.^[3]

Maiwand is the birthplace of the 13th-century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.^[4]

The village is notable for the Battle of Maiwand, which took place on July 27, 1880, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Ayub Khan together with Malalai Anaa defeated a British brigade under General Burrows.^[5] The British commemorated the battle with the Maiwand Lion sculpture at Forbury Gardens in England.