 | Sir Alexander Burnes - 1839 - 516 pages
...a new fort, called Futtehghur, near Jamrood, opposite the Khyber pass. It is a square of about 300 yards, protecting an octagonal fort, in the centre of which is a lofty mass of building commanding the surrounding country. This fort is dependent on the mountain streams for its... | |
 | Sir Alexander Burnes - 1843 - 444 pages
...another fort, called Futtihghur, near Jumrood, opposite the Khyber Pass. — It is a square of about 300 yards, protecting an octagonal fort, in the centre of which is a lofty mass of building which commands the surrounding country. This fort is dependent on the mountain streams for... | |
 | 1854 - 786 pages
...close to the entrance of the pass, has great command over it. The defences consist of a square of 300 yards, protecting an octagonal fort, in the centre...providing a remedy for this inconvenience, the Sikhs sunk a well 200 feet deep, but without reaching water. Lat. 34° 2, long. 71° 25'. FUTTEGUEH. —... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1857 - 1036 pages
...consist "fa square of 300 yards, protecting an octa 8°nal fort, in the centre of which is a lofty luu; of buildings commanding the surrounding country. The...hostile Khyberees of the adjacent hills. In the hope ofproviding a remedy for this inconvenience, *>-• Sikhs sunk a well 200 feet deep, but without reaching... | |
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The defences consist of a square of three hundred yards, protecting an octagonal fort, in the centre of which is a lofty mass of buildings commanding the surrounding country. The supply of water from the mountain-streams is liable to be cut off by the... 