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The Bab-e-Khyber (; )Beyond Bab-e-Khyber
Naveed Hussain 22 January 2012 Express Tribune Retrieved 29 May 2014 is a monument situated at the entrance of the
The gate was built in 1963 by the military government of
Naveed Hussain 22 January 2012 Express Tribune Retrieved 29 May 2014 is a monument situated at the entrance of the
Khyber Pass
The Khyber Pass (خیبر درہ) is a mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on the border with the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. It connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud by traversing pa ...
in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. The gate is located immediately west of Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
, with the historic Jamrud Fort
The Jamrud Fort is located beside Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass from the Peshawar side in the tribal district of Khyber KPK, Pakistan.
After death of Sardar General Hari Singh Nalwa
Khalsa Sarkar Wazir Jawahar Singh nominate ...
lying adjacent to it.
Gate introduction
The gate was built in 1963 by the military government of Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...
. Khyber Gate is considered to be the most famous post-independence structure in Khyber Agency
Khyber District ( ps, خېبر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; with the merger of FATA with Khyber Pak ...
.
References
{{Cultural heritage sites in Federally Administered Tribal Areas , state=autocollapse Archaeological sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa