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'''Dera Ismail Khan''' was the capital of [[Dera Ismail Khan District]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period. In the 1920s it 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> | '''Dera Ismail Khan''' was the capital of [[Dera Ismail Khan District]] in the [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period, North West Frontier Province having been created out of Punjab in 1901. In the 1920s it 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. | * [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/File:St_Thomas_Church_Dera_Ismail_Khan.jpg St Thomas Church.] | ||
==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
*[https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Category:Dera_Ismail_Khan_Cemetery_%26_Memorial_Images Images of some graves and memorials in Dera ismail Khan] Fibiwiki | |||
*[[BACSA]] cemetery file - Dera Ismail Khan Cemetery , Pakistan (closed 1871). [[British Library]] ref Mss Eur F370/694 | *[[BACSA]] cemetery file - Dera Ismail Khan Cemetery , Pakistan (closed 1871). [[British Library]] ref Mss Eur F370/694 | ||
* Just over a dozen graves in both old and new cemeteries have been transcribed in [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=196 ''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), page 174. Hathi Trust Digital Library | * Just over a dozen graves in both old and new cemeteries have been transcribed in [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=196 ''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), page 174. Hathi Trust Digital Library | ||
*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 == | == Gallery == | ||
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File:Epitaph- Sir [[Henry Marion Durand]].JPG|<center>Epitaph- Sir Henry Marion Durand</center> | File:Epitaph- Sir [[Henry Marion Durand]].JPG|<center>Epitaph- Sir Henry Marion Durand</center> | ||
File:Tomb Sir Henry Marion Durand.JPG|<center>Tomb- Sir [[Henry Marion Durand]], in the compound of St. Thomas's Church </center> | File:Tomb Sir Henry Marion Durand.JPG|<center>Tomb- Sir [[Henry Marion Durand]], in the compound of St. Thomas's Church </center> | ||
File:Victoria Bharatari High School Dera Ismail Khan.jpg|<center>Victoria Bharatari High School Dera Ismail Khan</center> | |||
File:Foundation Stone of Rai Tehl Ram Bagai Gymnasium.jpg|<center>Commemorative Plaque in Vedic Bharatari (V.B) College Dera Ismail Khan</center> | |||
File:Plaque in the memory of Rai Tehl Ram Bagai.JPG|<center>Plaque in the memory of Rai Tehl Ram Bagai at Vedic Bharatari (V.B) College Dera Ismail Khan</center> | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Other FIBIS Resources== | ==Other FIBIS Resources== | ||
*[ | *[https://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/tags/524-dera_ismail_khan Photographs of Dera Ismail Khan in Fibis Gallery] | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21336744 Photograph: Dera, Church in Cantt] by Mudasir Hassan uploaded April 18, 2009 panoramio.com. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161013212007/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21336744 Photograph: Dera, Church in Cantt] by Mudasir Hassan uploaded April 18, 2009 panoramio.com, now archived. Appears to be St. Thomas's Church. | ||
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19400428-1.2.97.aspx "Opening Up of Baluchistan"] "Motor Road through the Mountains to link Dera Ismail Khan with [[Fort Sandeman]]. Bridle paths running through the Takht-i-Sulaiman mountains are being transformed into a motor highway". ''The Straits Times'', 28 April 1940, Page 12. Newspapers-Singapore Government. | *[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19400428-1.2.97.aspx "Opening Up of Baluchistan"] "Motor Road through the Mountains to link Dera Ismail Khan with [[Fort Sandeman]]. Bridle paths running through the Takht-i-Sulaiman mountains are being transformed into a motor highway". ''The Straits Times'', 28 April 1940, Page 12. Newspapers-Singapore Government. (You need to agree to Terms and Conditions of Use) | ||
*[http://www.pkhope.com/d-i-khan-how-cities-change D. I. Khan: How cities change] by Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi June 28th, 2009 The Pakistani Spectator | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151017004509/http://www.pkhope.com/d-i-khan-how-cities-change/ "D. I. Khan: How cities change"] by Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi June 28th, 2009 ''The Pakistani Spectator''. now archived. | ||
*[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] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160707053535/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]. 03 Apr 2006 article detailing condition of St Thomas's Church and Memorial Inscriptions in Dera Ismail Khan. telegraph.co.uk, archived. | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===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". | *[https://archive.org/details/gaz-dera-ismail-khan-1883/page/n7/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of the Dera Ismail Khan District 1883-4''] 1884 Punjab Government. Archive.org | ||
*[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 == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:35, 18 August 2022
| Dera Ismail Khan | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 31.816667°N 70.916667°E |
| Altitude: | 165 m (541 ft) |
| 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 during the British period, North West Frontier Province having been created out of Punjab in 1901. In the 1920s it was always referred to as D.I.K. [1]
Churches
Cemeteries
- BACSA cemetery file - Dera Ismail Khan Cemetery , Pakistan (closed 1871). British Library ref Mss Eur F370/694
- Just over a dozen graves in both old and new cemeteries have been transcribed in 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), page 174. Hathi Trust Digital Library
- 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
Click on the image thumbnails below to find out more about these images.
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A class of students of Dera Ismail Khan -
Probably the farewell of Abdullah Khan 1914 -
Tomb- Sir Henry Marion Durand, in the compound of St. Thomas's Church -
Victoria Bharatari High School Dera Ismail Khan -
Commemorative Plaque in Vedic Bharatari (V.B) College Dera Ismail Khan -
Plaque in the memory of Rai Tehl Ram Bagai at Vedic Bharatari (V.B) College Dera Ismail Khan
Other FIBIS Resources
External links
- Photograph: Dera, Church in Cantt by Mudasir Hassan uploaded April 18, 2009 panoramio.com, now archived. Appears to be St. Thomas's Church.
- "Opening Up of Baluchistan" "Motor Road through the Mountains to link Dera Ismail Khan with Fort Sandeman. Bridle paths running through the Takht-i-Sulaiman mountains are being transformed into a motor highway". The Straits Times, 28 April 1940, Page 12. Newspapers-Singapore Government. (You need to agree to Terms and Conditions of Use)
- "D. I. Khan: How cities change" by Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi June 28th, 2009 The Pakistani Spectator. now archived.
- Church is melancholy reminder of region's rebellions. 03 Apr 2006 article detailing condition of St Thomas's Church and Memorial Inscriptions in Dera Ismail Khan. telegraph.co.uk, archived.
Historical books online
- Gazetteer of the Dera Ismail Khan District 1883-4 1884 Punjab Government. Archive.org
- "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
- ↑ "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan" by Major A. D. Stirling Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.