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[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat 1841]]
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=6 October 1841
|date=3 November 1840
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(Pakistan) Kalat, Baluchistan]
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(Pakistan) Kalat, Baluchistan]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]  
|presidency=[[Bombay]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=35.965199,70.585002&z=11&t=h&hl=en 35.965199°N 70.585002°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=29.132475,66.639079&z=8&t=h&hl=en 29.132475°N 66.639079°E]   
|result=Installation of Khan
|result=Re-occupation of city
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=
|combatant1=British and Indians
|combatant2=
|combatant2=Brahui tribesmen
|commander1=Col Lewis Stacey
|commander1=[[William Nott|General Sir William Nott]]
|commander2=Meer Mahomed Naseer Khan
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|strength2=
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}}
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== Synopsis ==
General Nott returned from [[Kandahar]] and re-occupied [[Kalat]] on 3 November 1840 after the garrison had fled. Nott appointed Colonel Lewis Stacy as political officer at Kalat before returning to Kandahar.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kalat<br>
Variants: Khelat/Kelat/Kelat-e-Kohistan/Kelat-e-Nasseer<br>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=Kelat&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA82,M1 Google Books - Installation of Meer Mahomed Naseer Khan]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
 
== Historical books on-line ==
'' Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott Vol I'' by J H Stocqueler Esq 1854 [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/n288/mode/2up Occupation of Khelat] Google Books
 
[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Capture of]]
[[Category:Affairs in Beloochistan|Kalat, Capture of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat, Capture of]]

Latest revision as of 12:36, 28 March 2011

Recovery of Kalat
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 3 November 1840
Location: Kalat, Baluchistan
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 29.132475°N 66.639079°E
Result: Re-occupation of city
Combatants
British and Indians Brahui tribesmen
Commanders
General Sir William Nott
Strength
Casualties

Synopsis

General Nott returned from Kandahar and re-occupied Kalat on 3 November 1840 after the garrison had fled. Nott appointed Colonel Lewis Stacy as political officer at Kalat before returning to Kandahar.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kalat
Variants: Khelat/Kelat/Kelat-e-Kohistan/Kelat-e-Nasseer

External Links

Afghan Wars Heritage History
1st Afghan War Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

Memoirs and Corresponence of Major-General Sir William Nott Vol I by J H Stocqueler Esq 1854 Occupation of Khelat Google Books