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The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]]  Archive at the [[British Library]] has the following items:
The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]]  Archive at the [[British Library]] has the following items:
shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
<br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-,
<br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-, [Note: This cemetery is probably  the "Quetta Cantonment Christian Cemetery on Baleli Road"]<ref>[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/a/Jeremy-G-Beaty/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0038.html George Henry Montague Beaty (b. January 07, 1899, d. May 31, 1935)] </ref>
<br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake
<br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake [Note: Lytton Road is now known as Zarghoon Road]


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 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. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription. [http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121221&page=30 Quetta Sphinx (c1930)] advises one photograph is from the Bettman Photo Archive.  thefridaytimes.com December 21-27, 2012   
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 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. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription. [http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121221&page=30 Quetta Sphinx (c1930)] advises one photograph is from the Bettman Photo Archive.  thefridaytimes.com December 21-27, 2012   
*[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
*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
*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://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


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====
''A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2'' by Edward Thornton 1844 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+2+By+Edward+Thornton++generally+mentioned+by+British+writers&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Shawl - scroll to page 187] Google Books
''A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2'' by Edward Thornton 1844 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+2+By+Edward+Thornton++generally+mentioned+by+British+writers&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Shawl - scroll to page 187] Google Books
====Maps====
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/Virtual-Maps-hd/19 Map of Quetta Civil Station] Surveyed 1911-12 Corrected 1931-32 Balochistan Archives
== References ==
<references />


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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
Transport links
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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)
  • Wesleyan Church, Quetta
    Wesleyan Church, Quetta
  • Roman Catholic Church, Quetta
    Roman Catholic Church, Quetta
  • St Lukes Church, Quetta
    St Lukes Church, Quetta
  • St Mary's Church, Quetta
    St Mary's Church, Quetta

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

Maps

References

  1. ↑ George Henry Montague Beaty (b. January 07, 1899, d. May 31, 1935)


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