Mazar-i-Sharif: All Data
Mazar-i-Sharif is a city in Afghanistan. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Mazar-i-Sharif: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Afghan Revolt
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second British Invasion (Second Anglo-Afghan War)
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Gandamak
1880 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second British Invasion (Second Anglo-Afghan War)
1929 AD
Mentioned in Event: Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1929)
1929 AD
Mentioned in: Battle for Mazar-i-Sharif, part of Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1929)
1973 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1974 coup d'état in Afghanistan
1978 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saur Revolution
1980 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
1989 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
1992 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1989-92)
1997 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1996-2001)
2001 AD
Mentioned in Event: US/Northern Alliance Offensive
2001 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mazar-e-Sharif
2002 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2021 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2021 Taliban offensive
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Balkh, part of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan