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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Abbottabad Abbottabad] Love to Know 1911<br>
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'''Abbottabad''' was the main town and capital in [[Hazara District]] of the [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period. It is around 35 miles north of [[Rawalpindi]]. Some of the main [[Hill station]]s near Abbottabad include [[Thandiani]], [[Dunga Gali]], [[Bara Gali]], [[Khanspur]] and [[Nathiagali]].
==Name origin==
Abbottabad is named after its founder and first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara region, [[James Abbott]], a British officer. Abbott founded the town in January 1853<ref>''Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1883-84'' Published by the Government of the Punjab, Lahore, 1884, p.36 </ref>. However, soon after founding this town, Abbott was posted away in April 1853 and his successor Deputy Commissioner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Benjamin_Edwardes Herbert Edwardes] took on the task of developing it, along the lines envisaged by the founder himself. This was subsequently done, over some years, by Edwardes and his successors, with the result that Abbottabad became noted throughout British India as a small military town of considerable distinction and beauty.
[[Image:Abbottabad_night_nwfp.jpg|thumb|200px|The city at night]]
==Education==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Medical_College The Ayub Medical College and Teaching Hospital Abbottabad] (Wikipedia)
== Former Boer War POW Camp ==
''5. When they left in 1904, the site of their POW camp was partially converted into the Army PT and Mountaineering school and part of it into Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) local/regional HQ. Both these facilities lasted here until 1947.''
''6. In 1947 India and Pakistan became independent. In 1947 Pakistan decided to set up its military academy here at Kakul and this was done in 1948, with Brig Ingalls as the first principal/commandant of the PMA. Brig Shuakat Ali Shah followed him in command here in 1956, with my grandfather (then) Colonel Azmat Hayat Khan, as Deputy Commandant.'' <ref>Email to FIBIS Webmaster dated 8 November 2012 from Prof Omer SK Tarin. Director, TSI, Abbottabad, Pakistan.'' </ref>. Since then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Military_Academy The Pakistan Military Academy] has expanded considerably.
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=266 Surviving graves at the Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad]
:*An article by Professor Omer SK Tarin accompanying these data sets appears in ''[[FIBIS Journal]] 27, Spring 2012'', pages 23-29
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=954&s_id=56 Selections from the The Sophia Institute Records, Pakistan] - 'The Sophia Institute' is a research and higher educational training organisation in Abbottabad. The institute houses a small library and archives although the larger part of older records have now been passed on to (a) the Empire and Commonwealth Museum UK<ref>In fact, since the closure of this museum this year, these records are now with the Bristol city museums and archives. [http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/narratives.php?irn=8786 British Empire and Commonwealth Collection] Bristol Museums.</ref> (b) the National Archives of Pakistan and (c) some university archives in Pakistani universities/departments etc. They are willing to answer/help with queries at a small cost, if people are interested in consulting their records (c 1860s to 1947). As they are a volunteer non profit body and have few staff, responses might take time. If anyone has any query they can email [mailto:khani_578@yahoo.com Dr Ilyas Khan], Senior Research Assistant.
==Churches==
For the history of this church and a list of its chaplains, see [[Abbottabad#FIBIS_resources|resources]] section above.
* In addition to the old St Luke's Anglican Church (now part of the Church of Pakistan<ref>Now under the Church of Pakistan's [http://www.peshawardiocese.org/ Peshawar Diocese]</ref> set-up, combining the Anglican, Lutheran and Methodists) Abbottabad also has two other churches, which were built and consecrated later:
(i) The '''St Peter Canisius Church''' '''(Roman Catholic Church)''' (late 19th c)
(ii)The '''Abbottabad American Presbyterian Church''' (early 20th c)--they also have another church and mission hospital at Qalandarabad, between Abbottabad and [[Mansehra]] town.
* ''Masihi Qabristan'' -- Is another Christian graveyard, in the Civil Lines, which contains other Christian graves, mostly of natives.
Also see "Historical books online", below.
==Other places of interest==
* The Hazara '''Hill Tract''' or '''Hill stations''' , have also been discussed in individual pages, in detail.
==Ropeway==
After the dismantling of the [[Khyber Ropeway Company|Khyber ropeway]] c 1925, part was re-erected by the Forest Department in three sections of total length 8 miles for bringing firewood to Abbottabad. <ref>[http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/P17-PAPER130.pdf Paper No 130 "Punjab Building Timbers and Methods of Extraction"] by H M Glover IFS page 123 ''Proceedings of the Punjab Engineering Congress, Lahore, Volume 17, 1929''. Article is pages 119-126b (pdf total 18 pages) pecongress.org.pk. </ref>
==Some notable people of Abbottabad==
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_009.gif Abbottabad Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/xii/mode/1up James Abbott] Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Gorkha_Rifles_(Frontier_Force) Detailed Note on the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (FF)] Wikipedia
*[http://www.kipling.org.uk/soc_fra.htm The Kipling Society UK] The Kipling Society UK's searchable archive for the Journal
*[http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1917515 Kakul, Abbottabad, Burgher cemetery] eggsa.org
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boer_Cemetery_Kakul_Abbottabad.jpg Photograph: Boer Cemetery Kakul Abbottabad] Wikimedia Commons
*Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaLdPDgTspQ&index=88&list=PLXvkgGofjDzi-fROZSBN3p-CKeaZIc-Ue. Delhi to the North West Frontier (1935)] Film on Abbottabad starts at 9.18 min, commencing with Abbottabad in Mid-Winter. YouTube video, British Film Institute Collection.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020043900/http://www.defencejournal.com/dec98/pma.htm Pakistan Military Academy, [Kakul<nowiki>]</nowiki>: [Extract from<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers''] by Brig (Retd) Francis H B Ingall ''Defence Journal'' December 1998 defencejournal.com, now an archived webpage.
*[https://issuu.com/internationalsalvageunion/docs/6grra_2020_journal_100_redacted ''The Journal 6GR'' No 100, 2020] Includes article page 68 (digital page 70) "Slim Sahib" by John Mackinlay. WJ Slim, later Major-General, was posted to the 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles at Abbottabad in May 1920. issuu.com. For ease of reading, select Full screen. Download also available.
===Historical books online===
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=167 "Abbottabad"] page 145 ''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) Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1942-handbook-to-the-north-west-frontier-including-jhelum-rawalpindi-and-hazara-districts-by-davey-s-pdf/ '' A Handbook to the North-West Frontier including Jhelum Rawalpindi and Hazara Districts''] by Cyril James Davey 1942. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
== References ==
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