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Modern name: Kotra<br>
Modern name: Kotra<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan  War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=Colonel+Marshall+1st+December+1840&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Kotra] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA109&dq=Colonel+Marshall+1st+December+1840&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Kotra] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA312&dq=Kelat&as_brr=3&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false Affair at Kotroo] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+1+By+Edward+Thornton+KOTREE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Kotree] Gazetteer 1844
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+1+By+Edward+Thornton+KOTREE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Kotree] Gazetteer 1844
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library

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Battle of Kotra
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 1 December 1840
Location: Dhadar, Baluchistan
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 28.566667°N 67.383333°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British & Indians Brahui tribesmen
Commanders
Colonel Marshall Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan
Strength
approx 1,000 3,000
Casualties
5 killed and 30 wounded 500 killed

This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
For context see main article Affairs in Beloochistan

Summary

Mir Mahomed Nusseer Khan and his Brahui tribesmen were finally defeated at Kotra. His camp was attacked from one direction by Col Marshall with 350 infantry and 50 horse and from another by Capt Teasdale with 500 infantry.

Marshall's Forces

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kotra
Variants: Kotrah/Kotree/Kotroo

External Links

Afghan Wars Heritage History
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Battle of Kotra Google Books
Affair at Kotroo Google Books
Kotree Gazetteer 1844 Baluchistan Map Digital South Asia Library