# Malalai of Maiwand

> national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)

**Wikidata**: [Q762037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762037)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_of_Maiwand)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/malalai-of-maiwand


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013