Kabli Gate. Peshawar city

[Original caption] Decorations in honor of Sir George Roos-Keppel's visit

 The Kabli Gate, is also called Kabuli Gate, is named for the city in Afghanistan it faces and which has long been one of its major trading partners (similarly, Lahori Gate in Delhi faces Lahore and so on). This gate had two turrets on each sides and five ramparts from where arrows and guns could be fired during battle. There was a stepped wall, called Baoli in the local parlance, close to this gate.

George Roos-Keppel was one of the most important colonial administrators of what became the North-West Frontier Province of British India. He more or less ruled the area from 1909 to 1919 and served in districts bordering Afghanistan for many years beforehand. He was also one of the founders of Islamia College in Peshawar, and an expert in the Pushto language

1910 peshawar

Kabuli Gate

This gate opens to the west and is named “Kabuli” because it faces Kabul. It is a double gate and its opening is 3.15 meters (10 ft) wide. It has two bastions on each side. The gate has 5 battlements on top and has stairs leading up to it from the outside. On the southern side of the gate is the Shahi (Royal) Mosque because of which many people also call it Shahi (Royal) Darwaza (Gate or Door). There is a Baoli near this gate