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**[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1498614&partid=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=3 Landi Khana 2] | **[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1498614&partid=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=3 Landi Khana 2] | ||
*[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 (border crossing point)] 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 (border crossing point)] 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] | *[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=579757152049367&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1364691958&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1930s: Khyber Pass] Archive150 on Facebook | ||
*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. | *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_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://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. The same image has been posted on [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=594467377245011&set=a.560245220667227.130541.301806946511057&type=1&permPage=1 Archive150 on Facebook], with comments | |||
*[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.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 | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 14 May 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 |
| 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
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 (border crossing point) Qissa Khwani on Facebook
- Photograph: c 1930s: Khyber Pass Archive150 on Facebook
- 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. The same image has been posted on Archive150 on Facebook, with comments
- 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