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'''Dera Ismail Khan''' was the capital of [[Dera Ismail Khan District]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]].  
'''Dera Ismail Khan''' was the capital of [[Dera Ismail Khan District]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]].  
C 1926 Dera Ismail Khan  was always referred to as D.I.K. <ref>[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/49/2/143.full.pdf "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan"] by  Major A. D. Stirling ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1927;49:2  pages 143-151. </ref> 
== Churches==
== Churches==
* St Thomas Church.
* St Thomas Church.
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*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1514707/Church-is-melancholy-reminder-of-regions-rebellions.html Church is melancholy reminder of region's rebellions] Article detailing condition of St Thomas's Church and Memorial Inscriptions in Dera Ismail Khan. telegraph.co.uk
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1514707/Church-is-melancholy-reminder-of-regions-rebellions.html Church is melancholy reminder of region's rebellions] Article detailing condition of St Thomas's Church and Memorial Inscriptions in Dera Ismail Khan. telegraph.co.uk
*[http://cities.pakwall.com/product_desc.php?id=1308 General Information about Dera Ismail Khan] including historical and religious sites, educational institutes and graveyards. cities.pakwall.com
*[http://cities.pakwall.com/product_desc.php?id=1308 General Information about Dera Ismail Khan] including historical and religious sites, educational institutes and graveyards. cities.pakwall.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/44/3/204.full.pdf "Waziristan District"] by Lieutenant-Colonel B. B. Burke ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1925;44:3  pages 204-207. "Every officer must carry a loaded revolver when travelling on account of the possibility of fanatical attacks".
== References ==
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Revision as of 05:06, 29 December 2015

Dera Ismail Khan
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Presidency: Bengal
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Dera Ismail Khan
State/Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP
Country: Pakistan
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Dera Ismail Khan was the capital of Dera Ismail Khan District in the North West Frontier Province.

C 1926 Dera Ismail Khan was always referred to as D.I.K. [1]

Churches

  • St Thomas Church.

Cemeteries

Comment on FIBIS’s Facebook page 11 August 2013 by Shahjahan Bhatti "There is graveyard on River Indus in Dera Ismail Khan. All graves are of English people who died here. .. I have witnessed around hundred cemented graves with a cemented boundry wall. The cemetery is situated in cantonement area where these days civilians are not allowed...". Comment by Omer Khan "I thought that there was an old Christian graveyard near the old Anglican Church..."

Gallery

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External Links

Historical books online

  • "Waziristan District" by Lieutenant-Colonel B. B. Burke Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1925;44:3 pages 204-207. "Every officer must carry a loaded revolver when travelling on account of the possibility of fanatical attacks".

References

  1. "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan" by Major A. D. Stirling Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.