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- ↑ Tony Jaques. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. ISBN 0-313-33538-9, ISBN 978-0-313-33538-9
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Coordinates: 34°21′28″N70°13′31″E / 34.35778°N 70.22528°E
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