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|presidency=
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|image=
|image=Ali Musjid, Khyber Pass.jpg
|coordinates=  
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.043972,71.250433&z=12&t=h&hl=en 34.043972°N 71.250433°E] 
|altitude=  
|altitude=  
|presentname= Ali Masjid Fort
|presentname= Ali Masjid Fort
|stateprovince= Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas] (FATA)
|country= Pakistan
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
}}
}}


'''Ali Majid Fort ''' was constructed during the British era, on top of a mountain.
== History ==
"After the Afghan-Sikh battle at Jamrud in 1837, [[Dost Mohammed|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


==Spelling variants==
Ali Masjid, Ali Musjid
== 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. With four images.
*[http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes/http---example-com-exhibits-sh/item/17641 Afghan War Series 1919. Print 58. A general view of Ali Musjid from the fort] . Ali Musjid, also known as Ali Masjid, is a village in the eastern end of the Khyber Pass about 20 miles west of Peshawar. Randolph Bezzant Holmes Photographs. Duke University Libraries (retrieved 29 May 2014)
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-09-633-5 Photograph: Ali Masjid, 1919]. From an [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/results.php?searchType=simple&acc=1963-09-633 album] of 43 photographs, 1920 (c)-1925 compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment). National Army Museum (retrieved 29 May 2014)
*[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/khyber-ropeway-at-ali-masjid/ Postcard: Alimusjid Fort with Ropeway, Khyber Pass] c 1919.  andrewgrantham.co.uk (retrieved 29 May 2014)


[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Forts]]
[[Category:Forts in Bengal Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 11:25, 7 February 2018

Ali Masjid Fort
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

Spelling variants

Ali Masjid, Ali Musjid

Military Actions

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

External Links