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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUlVc5X912E Gora Kubristan Quetta: British colonial christian cemetery Quetta] by quettabalochistan, YouTube video
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUlVc5X912E Gora Kubristan Quetta: British colonial christian cemetery Quetta] by quettabalochistan, YouTube video
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/9164665@N04/sets/72157616334256664/with/3411976924/ Quetta's eloquent graveyard] A set of photographs by saaakif taken 2008. flickr.com  
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/9164665@N04/sets/72157616334256664/with/3411976924/ Quetta's eloquent graveyard] A set of photographs by saaakif taken 2008. flickr.com  
*[[http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121221&page=30 Quetta Sphinx (c1930)]thefridaytimes.com Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died  in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed.  
*[http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121221&page=30 Quetta Sphinx (c1930)]thefridaytimes.com Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died  in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed.  
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/363609/mummy-dearest/  "‘Mum’my dearest!"] by  Muhammad Adil Mulki April 15, 2012 tribune.com.pk
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/363609/mummy-dearest/  "‘Mum’my dearest!"] by  Muhammad Adil Mulki April 15, 2012 tribune.com.pk
*Note about the [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/CLXIII/oct29/312-a.extract Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta] by H Bullock,  situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from Quetta. Contains men who died during the [[1st Afghan War]]. Lists four names  and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the [[40th Regiment of Foot]] were buried here. ''Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932'',' page 312
*Note about the [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/CLXIII/oct29/312-a.extract Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta] by H Bullock,  situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from Quetta. Contains men who died during the [[1st Afghan War]]. Lists four names  and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the [[40th Regiment of Foot]] were buried here. ''Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932'',' page 312
*Photographs: [http://quetta-city.blogspot.de/2007/06/quetta-before-1935.html Quetta Before 1935 Earthquake]  June 18, 2007 quetta-city.blogspot
*Photographs: [http://quetta-city.blogspot.de/2007/06/quetta-before-1935.html Quetta Before 1935 Earthquake]  June 18, 2007 quetta-city.blogspot
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/lytton-road.html Postcard: Lytton Road, Winter, Quetta] Images of Asia
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/lytton-road.html Postcard: Lytton Road, Winter, Quetta] Images of Asia
*WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/42819-officer-cadet-training-college-quetta Officer Cadet Training College-Quetta] includes some photographs.(Images may only be available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members of WW2Talk Forum]
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/other-resources Libraries and Collections In Balochistan] Balochistan Archives
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/other-resources Libraries and Collections In Balochistan] Balochistan Archives



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Quetta
Presidency:
Coordinates: 30.200602°N 67.034018°E
Altitude: 1,900 m (6,230 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Quetta
State/Province: Balochistan
Country: Pakistan
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Quetta, also known as Shawl, was the headquarters of Quetta-Pishin District of Baluchistan Province during the British period. It is now the largest city and provincial capital of Balochistan.

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Quetta
Variants: Kwettah/Kwatah/Shawl/Shal/Shalkot

Social Life

Clubs

  • Quetta Club (1879)

Related Fibiwiki Pages

Quetta earthquake 1935

Military history

England's March to Quetta 1842

FIBIS Resources

Churches and Missions

Churches

  • Mission Church (1903)

Missions

  • Church Missionary Society
  • Church of England Zanana Missionary Society (zanana=women)

Cemeteries

A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication is

  • Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions by Susan Farrington, 1992 Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake. See BACSA Books.

BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

The BACSA Archive at the British Library has the following items: shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-, [Note: This cemetery is probably the "Quetta Cantonment Christian Cemetery on Baleli Road"][1]
no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake [Note: Lytton Road is now known as Zarghoon Road]

External links

Historical books on-line

  • A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2 by Edward Thornton 1844 Shawl - scroll to page 187 Google Books
  • Quetta in 1878 page 7 The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 Archive.org

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References