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|location=[[Ali Masjid]], Khyber Pass, NWF
|location=[[Ali Masjid]], Khyber Pass, NWF
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|presidency=[[Bengal]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.043972,71.250433&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.043972°N 71.250433°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.028338,71.262046&z=15&t=h&hl=en 34.028338°N 71.262046°E]   
|result=British occupation  
|result=British occupation  
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan  War]<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<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 Google Books - Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028376/ ODNB - Sir Claude Martine Wade]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<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>
[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]]

Revision as of 07:55, 26 April 2010

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

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
1st Afghan War Somerset Record Office
Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort Google Books
View of fort panoramio.com
Sir Claude Martine Wade ODNB