RE 001 — Jamrud Fort - Entrance to Khyber

• Original:
  Chatham: Box No.: F 18, Album No.: 6/44, Page No.: 31
  SBA: Yellow marbled album, No. 6
• The Second Afghan War 1878-80: Abridged Official Account (1908), p. 8: "On the 3rd October the 2nd Batallion 9th Foot and two companies of the 7th Bengal Infantry marched from Peshawar and encamped at Hari-Singh-ka-Burj, 5 miles from the mouth of the Khyber Pass. The next day a detachment of 200 of the 22nd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry, 50 sappers and 30 sowars, 17th Bengal Cavalry, marched to Jamrud and occupied the fort; [...]"
• [Parliamentary Blue Papers]: Afghanistan No. 1 (1878), p. 244: Sir N. Chamberlain in a telegram on 20th September 1878: "The Khaibaris agree to the Mission to Ali Masjid, or to any nearer point, until we come into contact with the Amir's authorities. They do not hold themselves responsible for what may then happen. They will also, if necessary, give us safe conduct back. They require a day to make towards their arrangements. We encamp tomorrow near Jamrud, and the next morning will advance towards Ali Masjid. A small party will suffice to test things as well as the whole escort, and I consider it most desirable to reduce to a minimum any indignity which may be offered to our Government. I shall, therefore, not move the camp from Jamrud until we know that we can pass on. [...]"
• The Illustrated London News, Vol. 73 (1878/2), Oct. 5, p. 316: engraving, "Entrance to the Khyber Pass and Fort of Jamrood."; p. 327: "The Khyber Pass."
• The Illustrated London News, Vol. 73 (1878/2), Nov. 9, Frontpage: a similar view of the Fort Jamrud, "Camp of the British Mission at Jumrood, near the Khyber Pass."
• The Graphic, Vol. 18 (1878/2), Nov. 16, p. 517: engraving of another view and description of Fort Jamrud.
• Sammlung BA, Series John Burke, JB-01: similar photograph of Fort Jamrud.
• A.H. Dani (1969): Peshawar, Historic City of the Frontier, p. 195-196: History of Jamrud.
• T.A. Heathcote (1980): The Afghan Wars 1839-1919, p. 105: another view of Fort Jamrud, "The Fort of Jamrud, at the entrance to the Khyber Pass. Ranjit Singh's fortifications, constructed to defend his newly conquered province of Peshawar against Afghan counter-attack, successfully defied Muhammad Akbar Khan's army in 1837. Its distinctive outline was used for the reverse side of the British Army's 1908-35 Indian General Service Medal."
• Omar Khan (2002): From Kashmir to Kabul, p. 34: “Jamrud Fort was built by the Sikh governor of Peshawar, Hari Singh, in 1836. After the British occupied it they used it to mount campains in the frontier and Afghanistan and designated it a toll collection point for the Khyber Pass. In 1878 the Khyber Rifles militia was raised to protect British troops on the Frontier and Jamrud Fort became its headquarters.”

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