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| | == History == |
| |partof=[[2nd Afghan War]]
| | [[Battle of Takht-I-Shah]] 1879 |
| |date=13 December 1879
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| |location=Takht-i-Shah, Kabul, Afghanistan|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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| |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.552122,69.149879&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.551932°N 69.146323°E]
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| |result=British withdrawal
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| |territory=
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| |combatant1=British & Indians
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| |combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
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| |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts Maj Gen Frederick Roberts]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001141/ Lt Col Thomas Baker]
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| |commander2=Unknown tribal leaders
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm The British Empire - 2nd Afghan War 1878-80]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=36MmeazEJrAC&pg=PA103&dq=Takht-i-Shah&as_brr=1&ei=tauISIfbG6DoigGNiojoAQ&sig=ACfU3U0gFDvEg5rFFaemSBb5NQhajHkiSQ Google Books - Assault on Takht-i-Shah]
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| "''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968
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Latest revision as of 16:50, 19 January 2009