Ali Masjid Fort

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Ali Masjid Fort is a historic military stronghold located at the narrowest point of the Khyber Pass in Pakistan, long used to control and monitor this strategic trade and invasion route between South and Central Asia.

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Ali Masjid Fort canonical 2
Ali Masjid fortress 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
access by road through Khyber Pass ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Afghan frontier conflicts ⓘ
British colonial military history ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
currentStatus historic military site ⓘ
function checkpoint on historic invasion route ⓘ
observation post over Khyber Pass ⓘ
geopoliticalContext border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ
historicalRole control point on route between Peshawar and Jalalabad ⓘ
frontier outpost on the Indo-Afghan border ⓘ
locatedAt narrowest point of the Khyber Pass ⓘ
locatedIn Ali Masjid ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Khyber Pass ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Ali Masjid Mosque ⓘ
linked to: Ali Masjid
namedAfter Ali Masjid ⓘ
partOf defensive network of the Khyber Pass ⓘ
region Khyber District ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Khyber Pass ⓘ
monitoring invasion route between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
monitoring trade route between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
strategicLocationFor movement between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
terrainFeature overlooks narrow gorge of Khyber Pass ⓘ
usedFor control of trade routes ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
surveillance of Khyber Pass traffic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khyber District → hasFort → Ali Masjid Fort ⓘ
Battle of Ali Masjid → fortification → Ali Masjid fortress ⓘ
linked to: Ali Masjid Fort
Ali Masjid → hasStructure → Ali Masjid Fort ⓘ