Bab-e-Khyber

English

Etymology

From Urdu باب خیبر (literally “Khyber door”).

Proper noun

Bab-e-Khyber

  1. A monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
    • 2006 June 22, Dr Jules Stewart, The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda‎[1], The History Press, →ISBN:
      Bab-e-Khyber is the name of the fortified arch, inaugurated with great pomp in 1963 by Pakistan's former military ruler Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, that today bridges the road entrance to the Khyber Pass.
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