Jamrud Fort

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Jamrud Fort is a historic 19th-century military stronghold located at the eastern entrance of the Khyber Pass in present-day Pakistan, long serving as a strategic gateway between South and Central Asia.

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Jamrud Fort canonical 3
Jamrud fort remained under Sikh control 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Hari Singh Nalwa ⓘ
Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
battleDate 30 April 1837 ⓘ
builderAffiliation Sikh Empire ⓘ
builtBy Hari Singh Nalwa ⓘ
builtUnderRuleOf Maharaja Ranjit Singh ⓘ
completedIn 1837 ⓘ
constructedIn 19th century ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1836 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.002°N 71.383°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
distanceToPeshawar approximately 17 km west of Peshawar ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
high defensive walls ⓘ
inner courtyard ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
heritageStatus protected heritage site (Pakistan) ⓘ
historicalEra Sikh Empire period ⓘ
locatedAt eastern entrance of the Khyber Pass ⓘ
locatedIn Jamrud ⓘ
Khyber District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedInRegion Khyber Pass ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Peshawar ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Jamrud ⓘ
primaryFunction control of Khyber Pass ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
strategicImportance control of trade routes ⓘ
frontier outpost of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
gateway between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
usedBy British Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistani military ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ

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Khyber District → hasFort → Jamrud Fort ⓘ
Hari Singh Nalwa → deathPlace → Jamrud Fort ⓘ
Jamrud → contains → Jamrud Fort ⓘ
Battle of Jamrud → territorialStatusAfterBattle → Jamrud fort remained under Sikh control ⓘ
linked to: Jamrud Fort