The Bolan Pass

This mountain pass is located in western Pakistan and has been used as a gateway to and from South Asia. The pass, which connects Jacobabad and Sibi with Quetta, was important to the history of the British campaigns in Afghanistan. Related BRANCH Articles: Antoinette Burton, “On the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: Spectacle of Disaster”; Zarena Aslami, “The Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of the Uninvited”

Coordinates

Latitude: 29.750000000000
Longitude: 67.583333300000

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Timeline of Events Associated with The Bolan Pass

Date Event Manage
10 Mar 1839

Army of the Indus crosses Bolan Pass

Butler's 'Remnants of an Army'On 10 March 1839, the army of the Indus headed over the Bolan Pass in the First Anglo-Afghan War. Image: Detail: ‘Remnants of an Army’ by Elizabeth Butler portraying William Brydon arriving at the gates of Jalalabad as the only survivor of a 16,500 strong evacuation from Kabul in January 1842. This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired.

Articles

Antoinette Burton, “On the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-42: Spectacle of Disaster”

Related Articles

Zarena Aslami, “The Second Anglo-Afghan War, or The Return of the Uninvited”