Panjdeh incident

Period

1885

Region

Central Asia

Place

판지데 (쿠슈카강)

Category

Politics

The Panjdeh incident was an armed engagement between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in 1885 that led to a diplomatic crisis between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire regarding the Russian expansion south-eastwards towards the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj (India). After nearly completing the Russian conquest of Central Asia, the Russians captured an Afghan border fort, threatening British interests in the area. Seeing this as a threat to their rule in India, Britain prepared for war but both sides backed down and the matter was settled diplomatically, with the Russians and Afghans exchanging territories. The incident halted further Russian expansion in Asia, except for the Pamir Mountains, and resulted in the definition of the north-western border of Afghanistan.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. AD 819Rise of the Samanid Empire
2. 1037Founding of the Seljuk Empire
3. 1501Shaybanids found the Khanate of Bukhara
4. 1885Panjdeh incidentThis page
5. 2001–2021War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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