Jelalabad,

Jelalabad, a town of Afghanistan, stands near the Kabul River, about half-way between the Indian frontier fortress of Peshawur and the city of Kabul. Formerly a strong fortress itself, it is now a dirty village of about 3000 inhabitants. It is interesting from its heroic defence by Sir R. Sale in 1841-42; in the war against Afghanistan (q.v.) of 1878 it was held by the British until 1880.