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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[[Hassanzais|Hassanzai]] tribesmen
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101017610/ Lt Col Frederick Mackeson]
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}}
==Cause==
Two Customs Department officials who, despite being warned against entering Hassanzai territory, did so and were murdered by the tribemen.<Nevill, Captain H. L., "Campaigns on the North West Frontier'' Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore 2003 pg 22>
==Regiments==