Jamrud

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Jamrud

Fort and cantonment just beyond the border of Pesha- war District, North- West Frontier Province, situated in 34degree 6' N. and 71degree 23' E., at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, 1o1 miles west of Pesha- war. Population (1901), 1,848. Jamrud was first fortified in 1836 by Hari Singh, the Sikh governor of Peshawar. It is now the head-quarters of the Khyber Rifles, and is the collecting station for the Khyber tolls, and contains a considerable sarai. A large mobilization camping- ground has been selected, 3 miles on the Peshawar side of Jamrud, and arrangements have been made for supplying water to it from the Bara water-works. Jamrud is connected with Peshawar by a branch of the North-Western Railway.