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| + | |presidency=[[Bengal]] | ||
| + | |image=Ali Musjid, Khyber Pass.jpg | ||
| + | |coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.043972,71.250433&z=12&t=h&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] | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | == 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 it."<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iqkiRvaDThgC&pg=PA168&dq=Ali+Masjid+Fort&as_brr=3&ei=dQLOSZqfFZmGzgSyypz-Dw State and Tribe in 19th Century Afghanistan] Google Books | ||
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| + | ==Spelling variants== | ||
| + | Ali Masjid, Ali Musjid | ||
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| + | == Military Actions == | ||
| + | [[Occupation of Ali Masjid Fort 1839]]<br>[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www. | + | *[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.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1963-09-633-5 Photograph: Ali Masjid, 1919]. From an [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/results.php?searchType=simple&acc=1963-09-633 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) | ||
| + | *[http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/khyber-ropeway-at-ali-masjid/ Postcard: Alimusjid Fort with Ropeway, Khyber Pass] c 1919. andrewgrantham.co.uk (retrieved 29 May 2014) | ||
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| + | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Forts]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Forts in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:25, 7 February 2018
| Ali Masjid Fort | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.043972°N 71.250433°E |
| Altitude: | |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Ali Masjid Fort |
| State/Province: | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Contents
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
External Links
- Ali Masjid Wikipedia. With four images.
- 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)
