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Khyber Pass

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== History ==
[[Battle of Khyber Pass]] 1842
 
==Also see==
*[[Khyber Ropeway Company]]
*[[Khyber Railway]]
==Locations within the Pass==
* [[Fort Maude]]
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pass Khyber Pass] Wikipedia
*[http://wwwkp.world66gov.compk/asiapage/southasiatownplaces Khyber Pass: Town & Places] kp.gov.pk*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140811131347/pakistanhttp:/khyberpass/libasc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_61/gallery Photo Gallery08-CONSTRUCTION_OF_ROADS_AND_RAILWAYS.html "Construction of Roads and Railways in the Khyber Pass during the British period: A Positive Side-Effect of British Colonial Rule"] by Javed Iqbal ''Central Asia Journal No. 61'' [c 2007?] wwwUniversity of Peshawar, now archived.*[https://digitalcollections.lib.world66washington.comedu/digital/collection/ic/id/60 Photograph: Military garrison at Landi Kotal, ca. 1899] University of Washington Libraries
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5693028856/in/set-72157626659014008 View Of The Khyber Pass From Shagai Fort] from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157626659014008/with/5693028856/ the second album of Private J W Linley] of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com
*[http://mattoid.com/data/gifs/military/Shagai_Fort.gif Postcard of Shagai Fort with the Khyber Hills in the background NWFP] mattoid.com
* Photographs taken in the 1920s from the collection of [httphttps://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_databasecollection/search_results.aspxsearch?origagent=Hugh%2Fresearch20Dermont%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&searchText=20Lynch Hugh Dermot Lynch+album&fromDate=&fromadbc=ad&toDate=&toadbc=ad&x=14&y=16 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.**[httphttps://wwwresearch.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_databasecollection_online/search_object_detailscollection_object_details.aspx?objectidobjectId=1498681&partidpartId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPagepage=1 Shagai Fort in the Khyber Pass]**[httphttps://wwwresearch.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_databasecollection_online/search_object_detailscollection_object_details.aspx?objectidobjectId=1498616&partidpartId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBCpage=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=3 1 The army camp at Landi Kotal]**[httphttps://wwwresearch.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_databasecollection_online/search_object_detailscollection_object_details.aspx?objectidobjectId=1498561&partidpartId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBCpage=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=2 1 Landi Khana 1]Photograph of the railway station, army camp and the road to Kabul. **[httphttps://wwwresearch.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_databasecollection_online/search_object_detailscollection_object_details.aspx?objectidobjectId=1498614&partidpartId=1&searchText=Lynch+album&fromADBCpage=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=3 1 Landi Khana 2]Photograph of the Gurkha camp and railway station at Landi Khana.*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland. **[httpshttp://www.facebooke-pics.comethz.ch/QissaKhwaniindex/photos_stream#!ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/photoETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-RE_171811.php?fbid=214331602033060html The boundary between the Afghan &set=pbBritish territory on the NW Frontier], (but not a border crossing point), post marked 1928 [[Landi Kotal]] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.173386152794272Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-2207520000VE_216217.1361624347&type=3&theater html Photographreverse side]**[http: Durand //www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043201-RE_171840.html The Boundary Line at Torkhum <nowiki>[border crossing point]</nowiki> between Afghanistan British and British IndiaAfghan Territory on the Border of Frontier NWFP], post stamped 14.7.1930, [[Nowshera]] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043201-VE_216188.html message] Qissa Khwani “The native sentry on Facebookduty will let no one pass beyond this board without a passport”.*[httpshttp://www500px.com/photo/23071763 Frontier of India 1946] Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2".facebook500px.com. *[https:/archive150/photos_stream#!500px.com/photo/23071759/khyber-pass-north-west-frontier-province-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph : Kyber Pass] 1940s from the collection of James Wilson, Royal Artillery.php?fbid=579757152049367&set=pb500px.com.301806946511057 *[http://www.-2207520000youtube.1364691958&typecom/watch?v=3&theater PhotographE0ySdSjoQHQ Roving Report: North Western Frontier (2)] YouTube video, taken c 1930s1960? 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] Archive 150 on Facebookby Valerie Cliff www.25thlondon.com*This India List [https://web.archive.org/web/20180221123519/http://archiverwww.rootsweb.ancestrymaverickpakistanis.com/thwp-content/readthemes/iGreatBlack/book/books/khyber/4.asp Bibliography: Publications on the Khyber] maverickpakistanis.com, now archived.*[https:/INDIA/2006-09www.youtube.com/1158835365 postwatch?v=r2OOyU9Cv84&t=4135s YouTube video] mentions visiting of the 1953 movie ''Rogue‘s March'', a 'spiffing yarn' type movie, much of it filmed on location in the Khyber Pass area as a child c 1938 . [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Cast details and reviews] imdb.com. ==== Historical Books on-line books online ====*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49238 ''The Khyber''] by Edward A. Morphy. 1899 Full title: ''The Khyber: a Sketch of the Pass, its Establishment, Physical Features and Recent History …and some Hints to Travellers''. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/226/mode/2up Khyber] page 227 ''North-West Frontier Province, Imperial Gazetteer of IndiaProvincial Series'' 1908Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n69/mode/2up "Chapter IV Khyber and Beyond"] page 69 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India''] by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1936-khyber-caravan-through-kashmir-waziristan-afghanistan-baluchistan-and-northern-india-by-sinclair-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1936. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Sinclair Gordon Sinclair] (Wikipedia), Canadian journalist.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1939-permanent-way-through-the-khyber-by-bayley-s-pdf/ ''Permanent Way Through the Khyber''] by Victor Bayley 1939, first published 1934. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2743 Archive.org mirror version].:Also see [[Khyber Railway]]. 
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