Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass
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

Battle of Khyber Pass 1842

Locations within the Pass

• Ali Masjid
• Jamrud
• Landi Kotal
• The border crossing with Afghanistan is at Torkhum (Wikipedia)

Cemeteries

• Ali Masjid
• Landi Kotal

Forts

• Ali Masjid Fort
• Jamrud Fort
• Michni Fort
• Fort Maude

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.
  • Shagai Fort in the Khyber Pass
  • The army camp at Landi Kotal
  • Landi Khana 1
  • Landi Khana 2
• 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.
• 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com
• 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