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== History ==
'''Ali Majid Fort ''' was constructed during the British era, on top of a mountain.
"After the Afghan-Sikh battle at Jamrud in 1837, Amir Dost Muhammad Khan asserted his claims to supremacy over the Khyber region by erecting the fort at Ali Masjid and placing a permanent garrison in it."<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iqkiRvaDThgC&pg=PA168&dq=Ali+Masjid+Fort&as_brr=3&ei=dQLOSZqfFZmGzgSyypz-Dw State and  Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan] Google Books
 
== Military Actions ==
 
[[Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort 1839]]<br>[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Masjid Ali Masjid] Wikipedia
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Forts]]
[[Category:Forts]]
[[Category:Forts in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Forts in Bengal Presidency]]

Revision as of 11:07, 28 March 2009

Ali Masjid Fort
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.043972°N 71.250433°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ali Masjid Fort
State/Province: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

History

"After the Afghan-Sikh battle at Jamrud in 1837, Amir Dost Muhammad Khan asserted his claims to supremacy over the Khyber region by erecting the fort at Ali Masjid and placing a permanent garrison in it."
State and Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan Google Books

Military Actions

Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort 1839
Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878

External Links

Ali Masjid Wikipedia