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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> | ||
| − | [ | + | [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]] | ||
Revision as of 11:13, 7 February 2018
| 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
Seizure of Ali Masjid Fort Google Books
View of fort Wikimedia Commons.
Sir Claude Martine Wade ODNB
