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[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat, Battle of]]
== Forces involved ==[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Capture of]][[Category:Affairs in Beloochistan|Kalat, Capture of31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment<br>17th Foot<br>31st Bengal Native Infantry<br>[[Bombay Horse ArtilleryCategory:1st Afghan War|Kalat, Capture of]]<br>Shah's Troops
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|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War1839-42]]
|date=13 November 1839
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat_(Pakistan) [Kalat]], Baluchistan]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=3529.965199132475,7066.585002639079&z=118&t=h&hl=en 3529.965199°N 70132475°N 66.585002°E639079°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant2=Baluchis
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029611/ Maj Gen Sir Thomas Willshire]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrab_Khan Mir Mehrab Khan ] |strength1=1,000261|strength2=2,000|casualties1=37 31 killed<br>107 wounded|casualties2=400 killed<br>2,000 prisoners
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Affairs in Beloochistan]]'''
== Synopsis ==
Mehrab, the Khan of Kalat, had instigated numerous raids on the Army of the Indus on its way to Kandahar. Major-General Willshire was returning from Kabul via Quetta and was ordered by [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] to capture Kalat. He drove the defenders from nearby hills and stormed the fortress. Mehrab Khan was killed and Shah Newaz Khan installed in his place.
== Attacking Forces ==
*Staff (14 officers) Brig Baumgardt commanding
*[[2nd Regiment of Foot]] (344 officers and men under Major Carruthers)
*[[17th Regiment of Foot]] (398 officers and men under Lt-Col Croker)
*[[31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|31st Bengal Native Infantry]] (396 officers and men under Major Western)
*Detachment 3rd Troop [[Bombay Horse Artillery]] (40 officers and men, 2 guns under Brig Stevenson)
*Shah's Artillery (4 guns)
*Bombay Engineers (under Captain Peat)
*2 Ressallas of Bengal Local Horse (in charge of baggage)
== Named casualties ==
==== British ====
'''Killed'''<br>
*Lieut P Gravatt, HM 2nd Regiment
'''Wounded'''<br>
*Capt W M Lyster, HM 2nd Regiment, severely
*Capt T Sealey, HM 2nd Regiment, severely
*Lieut T W E Holdsworth, HM 2nd Regiment, slightly
*Lieut D J Dickinson, HM 2nd Regiment, slightly
*Adj J E Simmons, HM 2nd Regiment, severely
*Capt L C Bonschier, HM 17th Regiment, severely
*Capt Lawrin, 31st bengal Native Infantry, slightly
*Ensign Hopper, 31st bengal Native Infantry, severely
==== Baluchi ====
'''Killed'''<br>
*Mir Mehrab Khan, Khan of Kalat
*Mir Wali Mahomed, Muengal Sirdar of Wudd
*Abdul Karim, Ruhsani Sirdar
*Dan Karim, Shuhwani Sirdar
*Mahomed Ruza, Nephew of [[Mughal_Empire#Wazir|Wazir]] Mahomed Hussein
*Khysur Khan, Ahsehiee Sirdar
*Dewan Bechah Mul, Financial Minister
*Noor Mahomed, Shahgassee Sirdar
*Tajoo Mahomed, Shahgassee Sirdar
'''Captive'''<br>
*Mahomed Hussain, Wasir
*Mullah Rahim Dad, Ex-Naib of Shawl
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kalat<br>
Variants: Khelat/Kelat/Kelat-e-Kohistan/Kelat-e-Nasseer<br>
== External Links ==
*[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_afghan.php Heritage History - Afghan Wars]Heritage History<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War]Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.somersetqueensroyalsurreys.govorg.uk/archivesreg_in_india/india15_1.html Queen's Royal Surrey Regt - Capture of Khelat] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br> ==== Historical books on-line ====*[http:/sli/1afghanbooks.google.co.htm Somerset Record Office uk/books?id=kFABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Khelat+1839&lr=&ei=1iN7Sb6RLYXAMrfO- 1st Afghan agF#PPA12,M1 Capture of Khelat] Google Books<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpdJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+War+in+Afghanistan&as_brr=3&ei=lmaiSaWhOZjEM4nn4fAH#PPA489,M1 Fall of Khelat]Google Books<br>*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA51&dq=Mohmands+1852&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=0qrHSPCuG5TEzAT898GhCw&sig=ACfU3U3lHFlm_unKKUBIBU2hL6YCg4uyug#PPA42,M1 Google Books - Kalat Campaign]Google Books<br>*[http://wwwbooks.queensroyalsurreysgoogle.orgco.uk/reg_in_india/india15_1.html Queenbooks?id=UWVEAAAAIAAJ&pg=Pa291&dq=The%20many%20outrages%20and%20murders%20committed&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Narrative of the campaign of the Indus in Sind and Kaubool in 1838-9, Volume 2''s Royal Surrey Regt - Capture of Khelat]By Richard Hartley 1840 (Google Books)
