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[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm 1st Afghan War] Somerset Record Office<br>
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=9 March-16 May 1840|location=Tazee, near Nauruk, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabul_Province Zabul Province], [[Afghanistan]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.3094,67.2036&z=15&t=h&hl=en 32.3094°N 67.2036°E]
|casualties2=200
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>'''For context see main article [[General Nott at Kandahar]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Ghilzai tribesmen threatened to cut communications between [[Kabul]] and [[Kandahar]] and they were confronted by a force sent by General [[William Nott|Maj Gen Sir William Nott]] . The initial party under Capt A W Taylor was reinforced by a detachment under Capt W Anderson. They united at Naurak and confronted the Ghilzais at Tazee on 16 May.
== Field Force ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA96&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=5#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lcwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA328&dq=Tazee+1840&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q=Tazee%201840&f=false Battle of Tazee] Google Books
