Michni Pass

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Michni Pass is a strategically important mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of present-day Pakistan, historically significant as part of the frontier areas transferred to British control under the Treaty of Gandamak during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass
associatedConflict Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED
associatedTreaty Treaty of Gandamak NERFINISHED
borderFunction access route toward Afghan territory
country Pakistan
currentAdministrativeAuthority Government of Pakistan NERFINISHED
formerSovereign Afghanistan NERFINISHED
function crossing point through the Spin Ghar range
geopoliticalSignificance control of access between Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent
historicalPeriodOfImportance Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED
historicalStatus part of the British Indian North-West Frontier
historicalUse frontier outpost location
laterAdministrativeAuthority British India NERFINISHED
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
present-day Pakistan
locatedInRange Spin Ghar mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion northwestern Pakistan
locatedNear Afghanistan–Pakistan border NERFINISHED
Khyber Pass region NERFINISHED
partOf frontier areas ceded by Afghanistan under the Treaty of Gandamak
regionType tribal frontier area
strategicImportance high
strategicRole frontier route between British India and Afghanistan
terrainType mountainous
transferBasis Treaty of Gandamak NERFINISHED
transferDate 1879
transferredTo British control
usedFor cross-border communication
frontier policing
military movement

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Treaty of Gandamak cededTerritory Michni Pass