MALAKAND PASS  , a

mountain pass in the North-West Province of India, connecting the British district of Peshawar with the Swat Valley . It is now a military post and the head-quarters of a political agency . It came into prominence for the first time in 1895 during the Chitral campaign, when 7000 Pathans held it against Sir Robert Low's advance, but were easily routed . After the campaign was over a fortified camp was formed on the Malakand to guard the road to Chitral . During the frontier risings of 1897 the Swatis made a determined attack on the Malakand, where 700 were killed, and on the adjacent post of Chakdara, where 2000 were killed . This was the origin of the Malakand Expedition of the same year .