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==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=884&s_id=241 List of Chaplains at St Luke's, Abbottabad]*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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==

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