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*[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. | ||
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/vcalbum/vc2.html 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass] by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com | *[http://www.25thlondon.com/vcalbum/vc2.html 2007 photograph of regimental plaques, Khyber Pass] by Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com | ||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/226/mode/2up Khyber] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/226/mode/2up Khyber] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908 | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 2 August 2014
| 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
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Historical Books on-line
- Khyber Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908