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[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat 1841]]
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=6 October 18413 November 1840
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(Pakistan) Kalat, Baluchistan]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|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 Re-occupation of Khancity
|territory=
|combatant1=British and Indians|combatant2=Brahui tribesmen|commander1=Col Lewis Stacey[[William Nott|General Sir William Nott]]|commander2=Meer Mahomed Naseer Khan
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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 ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 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.somersetarchive.gov.ukorg/stream/memoirsandcorre00nottgoog#page/archivesn288/slimode/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 2up Occupation of Khelat] Google Books [[Category:Battles|Kalat, Capture of]][[Category:Affairs in Beloochistan|Kalat, Capture of]][[Category:1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eKVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=Kelat&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA82|Kalat,M1 Google Books - Installation Capture of Meer Mahomed Naseer Khan]]
