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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMRUD , a fort and See also:

cantonment in See also:India, just beyond the border of See also:Peshawar See also:district, See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province, situated at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, 1o2 m. W. of Peshawar See also:city, with which it is connected by a See also:branch railway. It was occupied by Hari Singh, Ranjit Singh's See also:commander in 1836,; but in See also:April 1837 Dost Mahommed sent a See also:body of Afghans to Popular See also:Ballads and Songs from Tradition, See also:Manuscript and attack it. The Sikhs gained a doubtful victory, with the loss of their See also:general. During the military operations of 1878—79 70 M. S.W. of See also:Milwaukee and 90 M. N.W. of See also:Chicago. Pop. Jamrud became a See also:place of considerable importance as the frontier outpost on See also:British territory towards See also:Afghanistan, and it was also the See also:base of operations for a portion of the See also:Tirah See also:campaign in 1897—1898. It is the headquarters of the Khyber Rifles, and the See also:collecting station for the Khyber tolls. Pop. (19o1), 1848.

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