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==Churches==
==Churches==
[[Image:Peshawar Church of England.jpg|thumb|250px|St John's Church]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_Church,_Peshawar St. John's Church]  (now Cathedral) (Garrison Church)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_Church,_Peshawar St. John's Church]  (now Cathedral) (Garrison Church)


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*888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933
*888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933


==Health==
==Hospitals==
===Hospitals===
[[Image:Lady_Reading_Hospital_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Lady Reading Hospital]]
[[Image:Lady_Reading_Hospital_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Lady Reading Hospital]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Reading_Hospital Lady Reading Hospital](1924)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Reading_Hospital Lady Reading Hospital](1924)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar Peshawar] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar Peshawar] Wikipedia
*[http://www.peshawardiocese.org/default.asp Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan]  
*[http://www.peshawardiocese.org/default.asp Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan]  
*[http://thevelvetrocket.com/2009/11/25/visiting-peshawar-scenes-and-pictures-of-pakistan/Visiting Peshawar – Scenes And Pictures Of Pakistan] 2009 Includes photographs of St John’s Cathedral and the cemetery (scroll down)
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3912689013/ Photograph of Peshawar 1878] flickr.com. A view across the cantonment towards St John's Church and the distant mountains of the Khyber Pass, taken in 1878 by John Burke.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783868/in/photostream Postcard of Soldiers’ Married Quarters Peshawar] Flickr.com
*[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26.html Khyber [Masonic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Lodge, Peshawar]
*[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26.html Khyber [Masonic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Lodge, Peshawar]
**[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934) whose father was in the Indian Army. The recollections of an English schoolboy growing up in Peshawar around the time of partition
**[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934) whose father was in the Indian Army. The recollections of an English schoolboy growing up in Peshawar around the time of partition
*The kidnapping of Mollie Ellis from [[Kohat]] cantonment by Afridi  tribesmen from the Khyber Pass region 14 April 1923  and the rescue expedition which included Mrs Lilian Starr matron at the Peshawar Mission Hospital: Article by Michael E  Lambert, from his website [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sDCmhtmrVkIJ:michaelelambert.com/main/pdf/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%2520_C_.pdf+Kidnap+%22Mollie+Ellis%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au  html version], [http://michaelelambert.com/main/pdf/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%20_C_.pdf original pdf]; [http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/?p=3641 Article from Lookand learn.com], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/4946412546/ Photographs] from the Illustrated London News (26 May 1923 pages 894-895 ) Flickr.com. An account of her rescue mission ''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924  is available at the [[British Library]]
 
'''Images'''
*[http://thevelvetrocket.com/2009/11/25/visiting-peshawar-scenes-and-pictures-of-pakistan Visiting Peshawar – Scenes And Pictures Of Pakistan] 2009 - Includes photos of St John’s Cathedral and the cemetery
 
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3912689013/ Photograph of Peshawar 1878] A view across the cantonment towards St John's Church and the distant mountains of the Khyber Pass, taken in 1878 by John Burke. (Flickr)
 
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783868/in/photostream Soldiers’ Married Quarters Peshawar] Postcard (Flickr)
 
 
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabsindhmissi00clar#page/160/mode/2up "Peshawur"], page 160 ''The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh"'' by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabsindhmissi00clar#page/160/mode/2up "Peshawur"], page 160 ''The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh"'' by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org

Revision as of 15:55, 21 October 2011

Peshawar
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.015112°N 71.582634°E
Altitude: 510 m (1,673 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Peshawar
State/Province: Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Peshawar was the capital of North West Frontier Province and Peshawar District from 1903 until 1947. It was part of Punjab before then.

Spelling variants

Peshawar, Peshawur

Education

  • Edwardes College
  • Islamia College (now University) (1913)


Churches

St John's Church

Cemeteries

BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publications are

  • Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan by Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001). c900 MIs dating from 1849. 195pp, profusely illustrated and plans
  • Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II by Susan Farrington, 1991. More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries. 168pp, profusely illustrated and plan

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 Mss F370 has items which may also be contained in the above books

  • 884 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials 1851-1864; register of graves, 1887-1888
  • 885 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1864-1870
  • 886 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1870-1879
  • 887 Peshawar and Cherat, Pakistan: burials at Peshawar, 1879-1890; burials at Cherat, 1879-1887
  • 888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933

Hospitals

Lady Reading Hospital


Forts

Balahisar


External Links

Images

  • Photograph of Peshawar 1878 A view across the cantonment towards St John's Church and the distant mountains of the Khyber Pass, taken in 1878 by John Burke. (Flickr)


Historical books online

  • "Peshawur", page 160 The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh" by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org
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