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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=August 1840
|location= [[Kalat]], Baluchistan]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=29.132475,66.639079&z=8&t=h&hl=en 29.132475°N 66.639079°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people Brahui tribesmen]
|commander1=Lieut Loveday
|commander2= Mir Nusseer Khan
|strength1=500-600
|strength2= 1000-1200
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]]'''
== Summary ==
After the [[Capture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Kalat]] Mir Newas Khan was left in command with Lieut Loveday as political agent. Mir Nusseer Khan, son of Mir Mehrab Khan, negotiated a surrender of the town and Lieut Loveday was taken prisoner. He was later murdered by his captors.
== 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 Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&dq=Loveday+Khelat&as_brr=3&cd=4#v=onepage&q&f=false Fall of Khelat] Google Books<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library
[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Fall of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat, Fall of]]
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]]
|partof=[[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War 1839-42]]
|date=August 1840
|location= [[Kalat]], Baluchistan]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=29.132475,66.639079&z=8&t=h&hl=en 29.132475°N 66.639079°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_people Brahui tribesmen]
|commander1=Lieut Loveday
|commander2= Mir Nusseer Khan
|strength1=500-600
|strength2= 1000-1200
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
'''For context see main article [[Invasion of the HEIC Army]]'''
== Summary ==
After the [[Capture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Kalat]] Mir Newas Khan was left in command with Lieut Loveday as political agent. Mir Nusseer Khan, son of Mir Mehrab Khan, negotiated a surrender of the town and Lieut Loveday was taken prisoner. He was later murdered by his captors.
== 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 Afghan Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War 1st Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=XiEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&dq=Loveday+Khelat&as_brr=3&cd=4#v=onepage&q&f=false Fall of Khelat] Google Books<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=41 Baluchistan Map] Digital South Asia Library
[[Category:Battles|Kalat, Fall of]]
[[Category:1st Afghan War|Kalat, Fall of]]
[[Category:Invasion of the HEIC Army]]
