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'''Khyber Pass''' connects the Pakistani province of NWFP to [[Afghanistan]]. It is currently part of [[Khyber Agency]] in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]] (FATA) of [[Pakistan]]. | |||
Alternative spelling: '''Khaibar Pass, Khaiber Pass''' | |||
The '''Khyber Pass''' connects the Pakistani province of NWFP to [[Afghanistan]]. It is currently part of [[Khyber Agency]] in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]] (FATA) of [[Pakistan]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Battle of Khyber Pass]] 1842 | [[Battle of Khyber Pass]] 1842 | ||
==Also see== | |||
*[[Khyber Ropeway Company]] | |||
*[[Khyber Railway]] | |||
==Locations within the Pass== | ==Locations within the Pass== | ||
* [[Ali Masjid]] | * [[Ali Masjid]] | ||
* [[Jamrud]] | * [[Jamrud]] | ||
* [[Landi Kotal]] | * [[Landi Kotal]] | ||
* The border crossing with Afghanistan is at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torkham Torkhum] (Wikipedia) | |||
==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
* Ali Masjid | * Ali Masjid | ||
* Landi Kotal | * Landi Kotal | ||
==Forts== | ==Forts== | ||
* [[Ali Masjid Fort]] | * [[Ali Masjid Fort]] | ||
* [[Jamrud Fort]] | * [[Jamrud Fort]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Michni Fort]] | ||
== External | * [[Fort Maude]] | ||
[http://www. | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Khyber Pass] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://kp.gov.pk/page/townplaces Khyber Pass: Town & Places] kp.gov.pk | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140811131347/http://asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_61/08-CONSTRUCTION_OF_ROADS_AND_RAILWAYS.html "Construction of Roads and Railways in the Khyber Pass during the British period: A Positive Side-Effect of British Colonial Rule"] by Javed Iqbal ''Central Asia Journal No. 61'' [c 2007?] University of Peshawar, now archived. | |||
*[https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ic/id/60 Photograph: Military garrison at Landi Kotal, ca. 1899] University of Washington Libraries | |||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5693028856/in/set-72157626659014008 View Of The Khyber Pass From Shagai Fort] from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/with/5693028856/ the second album of Private J W Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com | |||
*[http://mattoid.com/data/gifs/military/Shagai_Fort.gif Postcard of Shagai Fort with the Khyber Hills in the background NWFP] mattoid.com | |||
*Photographs taken in the 1920s from the collection of [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?agent=Hugh%20Dermont%20Lynch Hugh Dermot Lynch] British Museum. Lynch served with the [[North Western Railway]] as a Transportation Officer. Click on the images to enlarge. | |||
**[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498681&partId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&page=1 Shagai Fort in the Khyber Pass] | |||
**[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498616&partId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&page=1 The army camp at Landi Kotal] | |||
**[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498561&partId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&page=1 Landi Khana 1] Photograph of the railway station, army camp and the road to Kabul. | |||
**[https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498614&partId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&page=1 Landi Khana 2] Photograph of the Gurkha camp and railway station at Landi Khana. | |||
*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland. | |||
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-RE_171811.html The boundary between the Afghan & British territory on the NW Frontier], (but not a border crossing point), post marked 1928 [[Landi Kotal]] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-VE_216217.html reverse side] | |||
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043201-RE_171840.html The Boundary Line <nowiki>[border crossing point]</nowiki> between British and Afghan Territory on the Border of Frontier NWFP], post stamped 14.7.1930, [[Nowshera]] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043201-VE_216188.html message] “The native sentry on duty will let no one pass beyond this board without a passport”. | |||
*[http://500px.com/photo/23071763 Frontier of India 1946] Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2". 500px.com. | |||
*[https://500px.com/photo/23071759/khyber-pass-north-west-frontier-province-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph : Kyber Pass] 1940s from the collection of James Wilson, Royal Artillery. 500px.com. | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ySdSjoQHQ Roving Report: North Western Frontier (2)] YouTube video, taken c 1960? in the vicinity of the Khyber Pass. Includes images of British regimental crests carved in the rock face. | |||
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/vcalbum/vc2.html 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass] by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180221123519/http://www.maverickpakistanis.com/wp-content/themes/iGreatBlack/book/books/khyber/4.asp Bibliography: Publications on the Khyber] maverickpakistanis.com, now archived. | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OOyU9Cv84&t=4135s YouTube video] of the 1953 movie ''Rogue‘s March'', a 'spiffing yarn' type movie, much of it filmed on location in the Khyber Pass. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Cast details and reviews] imdb.com. | |||
==== Historical books online ==== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49238 ''The Khyber''] by Edward A. Morphy. 1899 Full title: ''The Khyber: a Sketch of the Pass, its Establishment, Physical Features and Recent History …and some Hints to Travellers''. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/226/mode/2up Khyber] page 227 ''North-West Frontier Province, Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series'' 1908 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n69/mode/2up "Chapter IV Khyber and Beyond"] page 69 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India''] by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1936-khyber-caravan-through-kashmir-waziristan-afghanistan-baluchistan-and-northern-india-by-sinclair-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Sinclair Gordon Sinclair] (Wikipedia), Canadian journalist. | |||
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1939-permanent-way-through-the-khyber-by-bayley-s-pdf/ ''Permanent Way Through the Khyber''] by Victor Bayley 1939, first published 1934. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2743 Archive.org mirror version]. | |||
:Also see [[Khyber Railway]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:58, 30 May 2021
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.102179°N 71.121968°E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Khyber Pass |
| State/Province: | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Alternative spelling: Khaibar Pass, Khaiber Pass
The Khyber Pass connects the Pakistani province of NWFP to Afghanistan. It is currently part of Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan.
History
Also see
Locations within the Pass
- Ali Masjid
- Jamrud
- Landi Kotal
- The border crossing with Afghanistan is at Torkhum (Wikipedia)
Cemeteries
- Ali Masjid
- Landi Kotal
Forts
External links
- Khyber Pass Wikipedia
- Khyber Pass: Town & Places kp.gov.pk
- "Construction of Roads and Railways in the Khyber Pass during the British period: A Positive Side-Effect of British Colonial Rule" by Javed Iqbal Central Asia Journal No. 61 [c 2007?] University of Peshawar, now archived.
- Photograph: Military garrison at Landi Kotal, ca. 1899 University of Washington Libraries
- View Of The Khyber Pass From Shagai Fort from the second album of Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com
- Postcard of Shagai Fort with the Khyber Hills in the background NWFP mattoid.com
- Photographs taken in the 1920s from the collection of Hugh Dermot Lynch British Museum. Lynch served with the North Western Railway as a Transportation Officer. Click on the images to enlarge.
- Shagai Fort in the Khyber Pass
- The army camp at Landi Kotal
- Landi Khana 1 Photograph of the railway station, army camp and the road to Kabul.
- Landi Khana 2 Photograph of the Gurkha camp and railway station at Landi Khana.
- From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment to Adolf Feller of Switzerland.
- The boundary between the Afghan & British territory on the NW Frontier, (but not a border crossing point), post marked 1928 Landi Kotal with reverse side
- The Boundary Line [border crossing point] between British and Afghan Territory on the Border of Frontier NWFP, post stamped 14.7.1930, Nowshera with message “The native sentry on duty will let no one pass beyond this board without a passport”.
- Frontier of India 1946 Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2". 500px.com.
- Photograph : Kyber Pass 1940s from the collection of James Wilson, Royal Artillery. 500px.com.
- Roving Report: North Western Frontier (2) YouTube video, taken c 1960? in the vicinity of the Khyber Pass. Includes images of British regimental crests carved in the rock face.
- 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com
- Bibliography: Publications on the Khyber maverickpakistanis.com, now archived.
- YouTube video of the 1953 movie Rogue‘s March, a 'spiffing yarn' type movie, much of it filmed on location in the Khyber Pass. Cast details and reviews imdb.com.
Historical books online
- The Khyber by Edward A. Morphy. 1899 Full title: The Khyber: a Sketch of the Pass, its Establishment, Physical Features and Recent History …and some Hints to Travellers. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection
- Khyber page 227 North-West Frontier Province, Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series 1908 Archive.org
- "Chapter IV Khyber and Beyond" page 69 Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India] by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936. Gordon Sinclair (Wikipedia), Canadian journalist.
- Permanent Way Through the Khyber by Victor Bayley 1939, first published 1934. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Archive.org mirror version.
- Also see Khyber Railway.