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Battle of Saragarhi

Battle of Saragarhi was a battle fought on 12 September 1897 at Saragarhi outpost, in what is now Pakistan. The recorded result: Afghan victory. Recorded strength: 21 against 10,000 to 12,000.

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Depiction of the Battle of Saragarhi of the Tirah Campaign, fought on 12 September 1897.
Depiction of the Battle of Saragarhi of the Tirah Campaign, fought on 12 September 1897.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought12 September 1897
WhereSaragarhi outpost, Pakistan33.555N, 70.887E
OutcomeAfghan victory
BelligerentsBritish Empire; • IndiaagainstAfghans; Afridis; Orakzais
Casualties and losses21 deadand450 (estimate); dead and wounded; See Aftermath section

Record

Date12 September 1897
PlaceSaragarhi outpost, Pakistan
33.555N, 70.887E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength2110,000 to 12,000
Casualties and losses21 dead450 (estimate); dead and wounded; See Aftermath section
Commanders
  • Ishar Singh (havildar)
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Map: Battle of Saragarhi
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The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Saragarhi
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Saragarhi today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-10-05. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 1,962 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 990 to 2,064 m, 1,074 m of relief, mountainous country and today it is 43% shrubland, 40% tree cover, 15% grassland.

shrubland: 43%tree cover: 40%grassland: 15%shrubland 43%tree cover 40%grassland 15%
west to east, 10.0 km1,485 to 1,967 mnorth to south, 10.0 km1,073 to 1,973 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Elsewhere in 1897

Battle of Saragarhi is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 67 in present-day Pakistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q383067, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Saragarhi, revision 1376454299, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.