Ali Masjid Fort
| Ali Masjid Fort | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.043972°N 71.250433°E |
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| Place Name: | Ali Masjid Fort |
| State/Province: | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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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
- Ali Masjid Wikipedia
- Photograph: View from a little below the fort [at Ali Masjid] 1878 by John Burke. British Library Online Gallery (retrieved 29 May 2014)
- 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)
- Photograph: Ali Masjid, 1919. From an 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)
- Postcard: Alimusjid Fort with Ropeway, Khyber Pass c 1919. andrewgrantham.co.uk (retrieved 29 May 2014)