Ali Masjid Fort

Ali Masjid Fort (Pashto:علي مسجد فورټ; Urdu: علی مسجد فورٹ) is situated on a high location within the Khyber Pass in Pakistan.[1] It was first constructed under Dost Muhammad Khan. The fort is located beside Ali Masjid. The fort is located above the narrowest point of the pass.[2] The fort has also been a location of a variety of different conflicts between Afghan and British forces during the 19th century.

Modern view of the fort
Ali Masjid Fort
علی مسجد فورٹ
Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
1890 painting
TypeFort
Site history
Built1837 (1837)

References

  1. Ali Masjid, Lonely Planet
  2. Singh, Sarina (2008), Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway, p. 200, ISBN 9781741045420

See also

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