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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=12 & 13 September 1842
|location=Huft Kotul, Tezin-e Khas, Afghanistan
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.350002355556,69.549388555833&z=1014&t=h&hl=en 34.350002°N 355556°N 69.549388°E555833°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101022478/ [George Pollock|Maj Gen George Pollock]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Khan Mohammed [Mohammad Akbar|Mohammad Akbar Khan]]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=23 killed<br>130 wounded
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[The Army of Retribution March to Kabul]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Both brigades of Pollock's army re-united at the valley of Tezeen where they were met by Akbar Khan and his forces from [[Kabul]]. The Afghans held the heights around the valley but a series of sorties drove them back and this victory left the way clear for the advance to Kabul.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War Wikipedia - 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/sli/1afghan.htm Somerset Record Office - 1st Afghan War]<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA268&dq=Tezeen+Valley&ei=lk5_SMYxp_SLAfWnnPoK#PPA268,M1 Google Books - General Pollock's Despatch describing ] Google Books== Historical books on-line ==[http://books.google.com/books?id=1m8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA308&dq=History+of+the+war+in+Afghanistan+On+the+13th+the action+two+forces+met&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''History of the War in Afghanistan Vol III (1841-1842)'' Battle at Tezeen]by John William Kaye Revised Edition (1858)
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Tezin, Battle of]]
[[Category:The Army of Retribution March to Kabul|Tezin, Battle of]]
