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See also {{Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[List of Battles Bengal]]|image=Ali Musjid, Khyber Pass.jpg|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.043972,71.250433&z=12&t=h& Actions hl=en 34.043972°N 71.250433°E] |altitude= |presentname= Ali Masjid Fort|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas Federally Administered Tribal Areas] (FATA)|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]}} == History =="After the Afghan-Sikh battle at Jamrud in 1837, [[Dost Mohammed|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 British India 1600it."<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iqkiRvaDThgC&pg=PA168&dq=Ali+Masjid+Fort&as_brr=3&ei=dQLOSZqfFZmGzgSyypz-1900Dw State and Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan] Google Books ==Spelling variants==Ali Masjid, Ali Musjid == Military Actions ==[[Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort 1839]]<br>[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878]]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Masjid Ali Masjid] Wikipedia. With four images.*[http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/holmes/http---example-com-exhibits-sh/item/17641 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)*[http://www.britishempirenam.coac.uk/forcesonline-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-09-633-5 Photograph: Ali Masjid, 1919]. From an [http://armycampaignswww.nam.ac.uk/indiancampaignsonline-collection/alimasjidresults.htm php?searchType=simple&acc=1963-09-633 album] of 43 photographs, 1920 (c)-1925 compiled by Major G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers (The British Empire Kelat-i- Ali Masjid Ghilzie Regiment). National Army Museum (retrieved 29 May 2014)*[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/khyber-ropeway-at-ali-masjid/ Postcard: Alimusjid Fortwith Ropeway, Khyber Pass] c 1919. andrewgrantham.co.uk (retrieved 29 May 2014) 1878 [[Category:Locations]][[Category:Forts]][[Category:Forts in Bengal Presidency]]
