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Khyber Pass

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Historical books online
==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://kp.gov.pk/page/townplaces Khyber Pass: Town & Places] kp.gov.pk*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140811131347/http://asc-centralasia.edu.pk/Issue_61/08-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?] University of Peshawar, now archived. Retrieved 11 August 2014*[httphttps://wwwdigitalcollections.world66lib.comwashington.edu/asiadigital/southasiacollection/pakistanic/khyberpassid/lib/gallery Photo Gallery60 Photograph: Military garrison at Landi Kotal, ca. 1899] www.world66.comUniversity 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.
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-RE_171811.html The boundary between the Afghan & British 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.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043231-VE_216217.html reverse side]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043201-RE_171840.html The Boundary Line <nowiki>[border crossing point]</nowiki> between British and Afghan 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] “The native sentry on duty will let no one pass beyond this board without a passport”.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901857186/: Postcard: Khyber Pass showing double roads] flick.com "History of Pakistan"
*[http://500px.com/photo/23071763 Frontier of India 1946] Captioned " Photo taken by my Grandfather, James Wilson, serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2". 500px.com.
*[https://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. 500px.com.
*[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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180221123519/http://www.maverickpakistanis.com/wp-content/themes/iGreatBlack/book/books/khyber/4.asp Bibliography: Publications on the Khyber] maverickpakistanis.com, now archived.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OOyU9Cv84&t=4135s YouTube video] of the 1953 movie ''Rogue‘s March'', a 'spiffing yarn' type movie, much of it filmed on location in the Khyber Pass. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Cast details and reviews] imdb.com.
 
==== Historical 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 India Provincial Series'' 1908 Archive.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]].
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/226/mode/2up Khyber] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' 1908
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