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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1  Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA468,M1  Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort] Google Books<br>
[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23002776.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23002776&usg=__y67pwhwnQJkqwqIgE8DO8roeHt8=&h=2120&w=2816&sz=1424&hl=en&start=13&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZiG_L3iVSWnp4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAli%2BMasjid%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1 View of fort] panoramio.com<br>
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Masjid_fort_-_franek2.jpg View of fort] Wikimedia Commons.<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] ODNB
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ Sir Claude Martine Wade] ODNB


[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:Battles|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Ali Masjid Fort, Occupation of]]

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Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 27 July 1839
Location: Ali Masjid, Khyber Pass, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.028338°N 71.262046°E
Result: British occupation
Combatants
British, Afghan levies & Sikhs Afghan army
Commanders
Lt-Col Claude Wade
Shahzadeh Muhammad Timur
Mohammad Akbar Khan
Strength
11,000
Casualties
Ali Musjid Fort

This was the only action during Wade's Expedition to Kabul

Wade's Expeditionary Force

  • 380 Company troops
  • 4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies
  • 6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops

External Links

1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Afghan Wars Heritage History
Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort Google Books
View of fort Wikimedia Commons.
Sir Claude Martine Wade ODNB