The Battle of Khyber Pass (Persian: نبرد تنگه خیبر) was an engagement fought in the mid-eighteenth century between the Afsharid Iran of Nader Shah and...
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into India from Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass. Babur's forces defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat. However, by this time Lodhi's...
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of Khyber Pass 1738. This was an overwhelming victory for the Persians, opening up the path ahead to invade the crown-lands of the Mughal Empire of Muhammad...
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to the historically important Khyber Pass. Although it is colloquially known by a variety of other names, the name "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" was brought into...
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Peshawar (redirect from Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the...
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steep path and outflanked the Mughal army at the Khyber Pass and annihilated it. Three days after the battle, Nader occupied Peshawar without resistance....
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Third Anglo-Afghan War (redirect from Battle of Thal)
Afghan troops crossed the frontier at the western end of the Khyber Pass and captured the town of Bagh. Bagh was strategically important to the British...
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earliest evidence from the region indicates that trade was common via the Khyber Pass; originating from the Indus Valley Civilization. The Vedic culture reached...
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Nader Shah (redirect from Napoleon of Persia)
South Asia, such as the battles of Herat, Mihmandust, Murche-Khort, Kirkuk, Yeghevārd, Khyber Pass, Karnal, and Kars. Because of his military genius, some...
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took place in the Old Kandahar area of the modern city of Kandahar in Afghanistan and lasted until March 24, 1738, when the Hotaki Afghans were defeated...
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Sikh Empire (redirect from State of Lahore)
extended from Gilgit and Tibet in the north to the deserts of Sindh in the south and from the Khyber Pass in the west to the Sutlej in the east as far as Oudh...
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in 1716, during the reign of Farrukhsiyar.[citation needed] Thereafter, Sikhs were divided into Misls. In 1738, Nadir Shah of the Afsharid dynasty attacked...
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Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India)
and Pollock was appointed Commander of the Force sent to relieve the garrison: he advanced through the Khyber Pass and relieved the garrison in April 1842...
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Second Anglo-Afghan War (redirect from Battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War)
the mission was turned back as it approached the eastern entrance of the Khyber Pass. A deadline was established for 20 November, where if a response was...
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Jalalabad (redirect from History of Jalalabad)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to the east through Torkham and the Khyber Pass. Jalalabad is a leading center of social and trade activity because of its...
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Muhammad Shah (redirect from Muhammad Shah of Mughal Empire)
crossed the Khyber Pass and besieged and razed the fortress of Peshawar. In January 1739, he captured Lahore, after completely subduing the forces of the Mughal...
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Nader Shah's Central Asian campaign (category Conflicts in 1738)
in fear of confrontation with Reza Qoli. In 1738, Ilbars Khan set out to invade Khorasan but withdrew after raiding a few localities south of Abivard...
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Ahmad Shah Durrani (redirect from Ahmad Shah Durrani of Afghanistan)
cavalry of four thousand soldiers and officers. The Abdali Regiment was part of Nader Shah's military during his invasion of the Mughal Empire in 1738. Popular...
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century until finally being stripped of their privileges in 1894, ending Taymani rule in Ghor. Hotak dynasty (1709–1738), established by Mirwais Hotak from...
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Pashtuns (redirect from Theory of Pashtun descent from Greek-Rajputs)
Historic city of the Frontier." Sang-e-Meel Publications (1995). ISBN 969-35-0554-9. Docherty, Paddy (2008). The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion...
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Mughal India. In one of his most extraordinary campaigns he crossed the Khyber pass with just 10,000 men and subsequently descended down into the Mughal...
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Subah (category Subdivisions of the Mughal Empire)
also used by other polities of the Indian subcontinent. The word is derived from Arabic and Persian. The governor/ruler of a Subah was known as a subahdar...
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Kingdom of Sennar Battle of Khyber Pass 26 November - Persians defeat Mughals Battle of Vasai 17 February-16 May - Portuguese forces pull out of Vasai after...
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Durrani dynasty (redirect from House of Durrani)
and northeast of Peshawar. The Afridi had long been established in the hills and mountain ranges south of the Khyber Pass. By the end of the 18th century...
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Paktia Province (category Provinces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
2005 to 24% in 2011. Paktia shares a border with the Kurram district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Within Afghanistan, it borders Logar...
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Afsharid Iran (category Empires and kingdoms of Iran)
the mouth of the Khyber Pass completely by surprise, decisively beating them despite being outnumbered two-to-one. This led to the capture of Ghazni, Kabul...
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Frontier from 1825 to 1837, took the boundary of the Sikh Empire to the very mouth of the Khyber Pass. The Sikh Empire's secular administration integrated...
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Afghanistan (redirect from State of Afghanistan)
the Sikh Empire, who invaded Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in March 1823 and captured the city of Peshawar following the Battle of Nowshera. In 1834, Dost Mohammad...
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Durrani Empire (category History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
briefly ruled large parts of Iran and declared himself as Shah of Persia. However, the Hotak dynasty came to a complete end in 1738 after being toppled and...
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the Khyber Pass from Pakistan, with the aim capturing it and declaring it as the seat of the new administration. Neamatollah Nojumi. The Rise of the Taliban...
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