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JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 130 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD , a See also:town and See also:province of See also:Afghanistan. The town lies at a height of 1950 ft. in a See also:plain on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:Kabul See also:river, 96 m. from Kabul and 76 from See also:Peshawar. Estimated pop., 4000. Between it and Peshawar intervenes the Khyber Pass, and between it and Kabul the passes of Jagdalak, Khurd Kabul, &c. The site was chosen by the See also:emperor See also:Baber, and he laid out some gardens here; but the town itself was built by his See also:grandson See also:Akbar in A.D. 1560. It resembles the See also:city of Kabul on a smaller See also:scale, and has one central See also:bazaar, the streets generally being very narrow. The most notable See also:episode in the See also:history of the See also:place is the famous See also:defence by See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Sale during the first Afghan See also:war, when he held the town from See also:November 1841 to See also:April 1842. On its evacuation in 1842 See also:General See also:Pollock destroyed the defences, but they were rebuilt in 1878. The town is now fortified, surrounded by a high See also:wall with bastions and loopholes. The province of Jalalabad is about 8o m. in length by 35 in width, and includes the large See also:district of See also:Laghman See also:north of the Kabul river, as well as that on the south called Ningrahar. The See also:climate of Jalalabad is similar to that of Peshawar.

As a strategical centre Jalalabad is one of the most important positions in Afghanistan, for it dominates the entrances to the Laghman and the See also:

Kunar valleys; commanding routes to See also:Chitral or See also:India north of the Khyber, as well as the Kabul-Peshawar road.

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