Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Amir Akbar Khan (1816–1845; Pashto: امير اکبر خان), born as Mohammad Akbar Khan (Pashto: محمد اکبر خان) and famously known as Wazir Akbar Khan, was an Afghan prince, general, and finally emir for about three years until his death. He was militarily active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842. He is prominent for his leadership of the national party in Kabul from 1841 to 1842, and his massacre of the retreating British-led Indian army and their retinue from Kabul to Gandamak near Jalalabad in 1842. His fame began with the 1837 Battle of Jamrud, while attempting to re-gain Afghanistan's second capital, Peshawar from the Sikh army of Punjab.. }
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- Akbar_Khan abstract "Amir Akbar Khan (1816–1845; Pashto: امير اکبر خان), born as Mohammad Akbar Khan (Pashto: محمد اکبر خان) and famously known as Wazir Akbar Khan, was an Afghan prince, general, and finally emir for about three years until his death. He was militarily active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842. He is prominent for his leadership of the national party in Kabul from 1841 to 1842, and his massacre of the retreating British-led Indian army and their retinue from Kabul to Gandamak near Jalalabad in 1842. His fame began with the 1837 Battle of Jamrud, while attempting to re-gain Afghanistan's second capital, Peshawar from the Sikh army of Punjab.".