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*[https://www.facebook.com/QissaKhwani/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=214331602033060&set=pb.173386152794272.-2207520000.1361624347&type=3&theater Photograph: Durand Line at Torkhum between Afghanistan and British India] Qissa Khwani on Facebook | *[https://www.facebook.com/QissaKhwani/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=214331602033060&set=pb.173386152794272.-2207520000.1361624347&type=3&theater Photograph: Durand Line at Torkhum between Afghanistan and British India] Qissa Khwani on Facebook | ||
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=579757152049367&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1364691958&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1930s: Khyber Pass] Archive 150 on Facebook | *[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=579757152049367&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1364691958&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1930s: Khyber Pass] Archive 150 on Facebook | ||
*[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. | |||
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2006-09/1158835365 post] mentions visiting the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938 | *This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2006-09/1158835365 post] mentions visiting the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938 | ||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 13 April 2013
| Khyber Pass | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.102179°N 71.121968°E |
| Altitude: | |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Khyber Pass |
| State/Province: | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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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
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
- Photo Gallery www.world66.com
- 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 Lynch Album, British Museum. The photographer was Hugh Dermot Lynch who served with the North Western Railway as a Transportation Officer. Click on the images to enlarge.
- Photograph: Durand Line at Torkhum between Afghanistan and British India Qissa Khwani on Facebook
- Photograph: c 1930s: Khyber Pass Archive 150 on Facebook
- 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.
- This India List post mentions visiting the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938
Historical Books on-line
- Khyber Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908