Kohat Pass
Kohat Pass درۂ کوہاٹ | |
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![]() Photograph of Afridi tribesmen at the Kohat Pass is from an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War. | |
Location | Pakistan |
Range | Khigana Mountains |
Kohat Pass (Urdu: درۂ کوہاٹ) is a mountain pass in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, between the cities of Kohat and Peshawar.[1] The pass traverses the Khigana Mountains, which stretch from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas towards Attock.
British authorities in Peshawar commenced construction of the Kohat Pass road in 1849,[2] and completed it by 1850 despite violent opposition from local tribes.[2] The pass was closed temporarily in 1853 after a quarrel arose among nearby tribes.[2] The road which connected Kohat to Rawalpindi via Khushalgarh was of little trouble compared to the Kohat Pass road.[2]
Travel times across the pass were dramatically reduced with the opening of the Kohat Tunnel in 2003.[3]
See also
- Khyber Pass
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kohat Pass" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 881.
- ^ a b c d St George Tucker (officiating deputy commissioner.), Henry (1884). Report on the settlement of the Kohat district in the Panjáb.
- ^ "JBIC". 2005-09-29. Archived from the original on 2005-09-29. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
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- Pictures of Kohat and the pass[usurped]
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