# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malalai-of-maiwand
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:18:34.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malalai-of-maiwand"
name: "Malalai of Maiwand"
slug: "malalai-of-maiwand"
description: "Malalai of Maiwand, also known as Malala, or Malalai Anna is a national folk hero of Afghanistan who purportedly rallied Afghan troops at the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. She was alleged to have fought alongside Ayub Khan and bore responsibility for the Afghan victory at the Battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880. She is also known as 'The Afghan Jeanne d'Arc' or as 'The Afghan Molly Pitcher' to the Western world. There are many schools, hospitals, and other institutions named after her in Afghanistan, and her story is told in Afghan school text books."
tagline: "National folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1861"
deathDate: "1880-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.75
  momentum:             5.918052759432737
  historical:           17.42207333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%81_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ملالہ میوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_de_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai de Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ملالي مايواند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_nin_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai nin Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6"
    title: "মালালাই-এ-ম্যায়ওয়ান্দ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_Anaa"
    title: "Malalai Anaa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_von_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai von Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_of_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai of Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_de_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai de Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "ملالی میوندی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai"
    title: "Malalai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_de_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai de Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_dari_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai dari Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_di_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai di Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_van_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai van Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_av_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai av Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE-%E0%A8%8F-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%A6"
    title: "ਮਲਾਲਾ-ਏ-ਮੇਵਨਦ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ملالا میوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ملاله ميوندواله"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_din_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai din Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalai_fr%C3%A5n_Maiwand"
    title: "Malalai från Maiwand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மலாலாய் மைவந்த்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump