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|coordinates= | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.988889,70.605556&z=10&t=h&hl=en 32.988889°N 70.605556°E] | ||
|altitude= | |altitude=371 metres (1217ft) | ||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu Bannu] | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannu Bannu] | ||
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province North West Frontier Province] (NWFP) | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province North West Frontier Province] (NWFP) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan] | |country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan] | ||
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{{Places of Interest|title=Bannu |name=Bannu |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004bb893cc9656c1fdd3&ie=UTF8&ll=32.994555,70.606041&spn=0.054711,0.075274&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=6}} | |||
'''Bannu''' was the headquarters of [[Bannu District]] in the [[Derajat Division]] of [[North West Frontier Province]] in the British period. It was founded by [[Herbert Benjamin Edwardes]] in 1848. The town was used as a base for various military campaigns and punitive expeditions into the nearby tribal zones. The cantonment was centred around the fort. | |||
== Spelling Variants == | |||
Modern spelling: Bannu<br> | |||
Variants: Edwardesabad | |||
== | ==FIBIS Resources== | ||
* [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Category:Bannu_Cemetery_images Bannu Cemetery images] | |||
==Churches and Missions== | ==Churches and Missions== | ||
* Church Missionary Society | * Church Missionary Society. | ||
* St George's Church | |||
==Forts== | |||
* [[Dhulipgarh]] | |||
== External Links == | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_408.gif Bannu Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||
== | ====Historical books online==== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/bannuorourafghan00thoruoft ''Bannu : or, Our Afghan Frontier''] by S S Thorburn, India Civil Service, Settlement Officer of the Bannu District, 1876 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/bannuorourafghan00thoruoft#page/n7/mode/2up Map of the Bannu District] and [https://archive.org/stream/bannuorourafghan00thoruoft#page/230/mode/2up Pashto Proverbs translated into English] page 231 | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/gaz-bannu-district-1883/page/n5/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of the Bannu District'' 1883]. Punjab Government. Archive.org. Also available [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36636 Pdf download] Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/pennellafghanfr00penngoog#page/n12/mode/1up ''Pennell of the Afghan frontier; the life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India''] by Alice Maud Pennell 1914. Dr Pennell of the Bannu Medical Mission died at the age of 44. | |||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=194 "Bannu District"] page 172 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) HathiTrust Digital Library | |||
*[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". | |||
*[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. | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:59, 10 August 2022
| Bannu | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 32.988889°N 70.605556°E |
| Altitude: | 371 metres (1217ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bannu |
| State/Province: | North West Frontier Province (NWFP) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Bannu |
Bannu was the headquarters of Bannu District in the Derajat Division of North West Frontier Province in the British period. It was founded by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes in 1848. The town was used as a base for various military campaigns and punitive expeditions into the nearby tribal zones. The cantonment was centred around the fort.
Spelling Variants
Modern spelling: Bannu
Variants: Edwardesabad
FIBIS Resources
Churches and Missions
- Church Missionary Society.
- St George's Church
Forts
External Links
- Bannu Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
Historical books online
- Bannu : or, Our Afghan Frontier by S S Thorburn, India Civil Service, Settlement Officer of the Bannu District, 1876 Archive.org. Includes Map of the Bannu District and Pashto Proverbs translated into English page 231
- Gazetteer of the Bannu District 1883. Punjab Government. Archive.org. Also available Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
- Pennell of the Afghan frontier; the life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India by Alice Maud Pennell 1914. Dr Pennell of the Bannu Medical Mission died at the age of 44.
- "Bannu District" page 172 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) HathiTrust Digital Library
- "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".
- "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan" by Major A. D. Stirling Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.