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AYUB KHAN (1855– ) , Afghan See also: prince, son of Shere All (formerly 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 expulsion from See also: Kabul by the See also: English, and his See also: death in See also: January 1879, Ayub took 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 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 army under See also: European direction
.
His See also: triumph, however, was See also: short-lived; while he hesitated to assault Kandahar he was attacked by See also: Sir See also: Frederick (afterwards See also: Lord) Roberts, at the 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 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 allowance from the 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 exile, he wandered for some time about Persia, and in See also: November gave himself up to the British See also: agent at Meshed
.
He was sent to See also: India to live as a See also: state prisoner
.
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