JAMRUD, a fort and cantonment in India, just beyond the border of Peshawar district, North-West Frontier Province (q.v.), situated at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, 9 m. W. of Peshawar on the extension of the North-Western railway to the Afghan frontier. It was occupied by Hari Singh, Ranjit Singh's com mander in 1836; but in April 1837 Dost Mohammed sent a body of Afghans to attack it. The Sikhs gained a doubtful victory, with the loss of their general. During the military operations of 1878–
79, Jamrud was a place of considerable importance as the frontier outpost on British territory towards Afghanistan, and it was also the base of operations for a portion of the Tirah cam paign in 1897-98. It is the headquarters of the Khyber Rifles, and the collecting station for the Khyber tolls. Pop. (1921), 6,128. Since 1921 the cantonment has ceased to exist.