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*[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==
==Ropeway==
After the dismantling go 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==
*[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.
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