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== | '''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]''' | ||
Although the main army invading [[Afghanistan]] could not pass through Sikh territory for political reasons, it was seen desirable to mount an attack from two directions to compel [ | == Synopsis == | ||
Although the main army invading [[Afghanistan]] could not pass through Sikh territory for political reasons, it was seen desirable to mount an attack from two directions to compel [[Dost Mohammed|Amir Dost Mohammed Khan]] to divide his forces. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Martin_Wade Lt-Col Claude Wade], who was political agent in [[Ludhiana]], was entrusted with making the subsidiary movement through the [[Khyber Pass]] to [[Kabul]]. He arrived at [[Peshawar]] in March 1839 and, aided by Lt Frederick Mackeson, Dr Percival Barton Lord and Lt Joseph Cunningham, he tried to win over the Afridi tribes. This was only partially successful and he was obliged to try to force the Khyber Pass with a mixed contingent of [[Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk |Shah Shuja's]] Afghan levies, punjabis from [[Ranjit Singh]]'s regular army and a few [[East India Company]] troops. He was accompanied by Shazadeh Muhammad Timur the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja_Shah_Durrani Shah Shujah ul Mulk]. He took the strategic fort of [[Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort|Ali Masjid]] on 27 July 1839. The British threat from the south forced Dost Mohammed to recall his son [[Mohammad Akbar|Mohammad Akbar Khan]] from[[ Jalalabad]] and the way was open. The strategy had worked and the expeditionary force reached Kabul on 3 September less that a month after Shah Shujah and the combined army. | |||
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|[[Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort]] | |||
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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://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> | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jf9SMwJjFxgC&pg=PA366&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan++Wade+found+himself+at+Peshawar&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false '' | ''History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 1'' by Sir Kaye John William 1851 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jf9SMwJjFxgC&pg=PA366&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan++Wade+found+himself+at+Peshawar&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Wade's Expedition] (Google Books)<br> | ||
''Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents'' by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1843 | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR142&dq=Memorials+of+Affghanistan+commanded+respectively+by+Captain+Farmer+of+the+21st&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Appendix 13 - Lieut-Col Wade's Despatches] (Google Books)<br> | |||
[[Category:1st Afghan War| Wade's Expedition to Kabul]] | [[Category:1st Afghan War| Wade's Expedition to Kabul]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:31, 30 July 2019
This was an event during the 1st Afghan War
Synopsis
Although the main army invading Afghanistan could not pass through Sikh territory for political reasons, it was seen desirable to mount an attack from two directions to compel Amir Dost Mohammed Khan to divide his forces. Lt-Col Claude Wade, who was political agent in Ludhiana, was entrusted with making the subsidiary movement through the Khyber Pass to Kabul. He arrived at Peshawar in March 1839 and, aided by Lt Frederick Mackeson, Dr Percival Barton Lord and Lt Joseph Cunningham, he tried to win over the Afridi tribes. This was only partially successful and he was obliged to try to force the Khyber Pass with a mixed contingent of Shah Shuja's Afghan levies, punjabis from Ranjit Singh's regular army and a few East India Company troops. He was accompanied by Shazadeh Muhammad Timur the son of Shah Shujah ul Mulk. He took the strategic fort of Ali Masjid on 27 July 1839. The British threat from the south forced Dost Mohammed to recall his son Mohammad Akbar Khan fromJalalabad and the way was open. The strategy had worked and the expeditionary force reached Kabul on 3 September less that a month after Shah Shujah and the combined army.
Related articles
For further details of events during this period see the following article
| Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort | 27 July 1839 |
Wade's Expeditionary Force
- 380 Company troops
- 4,000 Shahzadeh Timur's Afghan levies
- 6,000 Nao Nahal Singh's Sikh troops
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:
Mahommed Akbar Khan (1813?-1849)
Joseph Cunningham (1812-1851)
Percival Lord (1808-1840)
Frederick Mackeson (1807-1853)
Shah Shuja (1780?-1842)
Claude Wade (1794-1861)
External Links
1st Afghan War Wikipedia
Afghan Wars Heritage History
Historical books on-line
History of the War in Afghanistan, Volume 1 by Sir Kaye John William 1851 Wade's Expedition (Google Books)
Memorials of Affghanistan: being state papers, official documents by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1843
Appendix 13 - Lieut-Col Wade's Despatches (Google Books)