Dera Ismail Khan
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
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| 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.
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..."
- BACSA cemetery file - Dera Ismail Khan Cemetery , Pakistan (closed 1871). British Library ref Mss Eur F370/694
Gallery
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A class of students of Dera Ismail Khan -
Probably the farewell of Abdullah Khan 1914 -
Epitaph- Sir Henry Marion Durand -
Tomb- Sir Henry Marion Durand, in the compound of St. Thomas's Church
External Links
- Photograph: PFF, Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab 1890 emmyeustace’s photostream on flickr.com
- Photograph: Dera, Church in Cantt by Mudasir Hassan uploaded April 18, 2009 panoramio.com. Probably St. Thomas's Church
- D. I. Khan: How cities change by Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi June 28th, 2009 The Pakistani Spectator-A Candid Blog
- 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