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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Peshawar Peshawar] Love to Know 1911<br>
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During the British period '''Peshawar''' was the capital of [[North West Frontier Province]] and [[Peshawar District]] from 1901 until 1947. It was part of [[Punjab]] before then.
==Cemeteries==
Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20120701122516/http://pakhtun.com/index.php/about-pashtuns/history-of-pashtuns/gora-qabristan-a-vanashing-landmark "Peshawar’s Gora Qabristan : A Vanishing Landmark"] by Dr. Ali Jan written c 2010 www.pakhtun.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131121081612/http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/peshawar_cemetery_new.html Peshawar's Historic Cemetery] by Dr Ali Jan. Contains some of the same text, but also includes information about the 1918 flu pandemic. (archive.org links)
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publications are
*''Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan'' by Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001). c900 MIs dating from 1849. 195pp, profusely illustrated and plans
==Hospitals==
[[Image:Lady_Reading_Hospital_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Lady Reading Hospital]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Reading_Hospital Lady Reading Hospital](1924) ==Medical terminology=="Peshawur fever" was malaria.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/memoirswithfulla00rossuoft#page/14/mode/2up Page 14] ''Memoirs, with a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution'' by Ronald Ross 1923 Archive.org</ref>
==Forts==
[[Image:Balahisar_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Balahisar]]
* [[Bala Hissar Fort, Peshawar|Balahisar]]
==The hill cantonment at Cherat==
[[Cherat]] is a cantonment located 34 miles south east from the city of Peshawar at an elevation of 4,500 feet on the west of the Khattak range.
==External Links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_130.gif Peshawar City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
*[http://www.khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk/aboutus/Town-Places.php Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Town & Places] contains information about Peshawar (scroll down)
*[http://www.peshawardiocese.org/default.asp Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan]
*[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26.html Khyber [Masonic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Lodge, Peshawar]
**[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934) whose father was in the Indian Army, and later the Pakistan Army. [http://www.pakhtun.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=36%3Ahistory&id=88%3Apeshawar-remembered-walter-reeve&Itemid=90 Another version] www.pakhtun.com, and [http://web.archive.org/web/20090829075530/http://geocities.com/scn_pk/peshawar_remembered.html another version] (archived). The recollections of an English schoolboy growing up in Peshawar around the time of partition. See [[Murree]] for the author's memories of Murree.
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/peshawar-ab.htm PAF <nowiki>[</nowiki>previously RAF<nowiki>]</nowiki> Peshawar] globalsecurity.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131121052603/http://www.facebookgeocities.comws/QissaKhwani?fref=ts#!scn_pk/photopeshawar_vale_hunt.php?fbid=266192456846974&set=ahtml Peshawar Vale Hunt] by Dr Ali Jan (archive.205174672948753org link)*[http://web.54095archive.173386152794272&type=1&theater The piano and records shop of "A Godin & Co" in org/web/20081002070800/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/gertrude.html Peshawar: Excerpts from Gertrude Bell's Diary (dated 22/01/1903 to 27/01/1903)] Sarhad Conservation Network, established 1924] Qissa Khwani on Facebooknow archived.
====Images====
*[http://thevelvetrocket.com/2009/11/25/visiting-peshawar-scenes-and-pictures-of-pakistan Visiting Peshawar – Scenes And Pictures Of Pakistan] 2009 - Includes photos of St John’s Cathedral and the cemetery
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3912689013/ Photograph of Peshawar 1878] A view across the cantonment towards St John's Church and the distant mountains of the Khyber Pass, taken in 1878 by John Burke. (Flickr)
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/barracks-peshawar.html Postcard: British Infantry Barracks Peshawar c 1910] imagesofasia.com*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-peshawar-nwfp-soldiers-bungalows-old-postcard-british-indian-colour-for-sale-124467 Postcard: Soldiers' Bungalow <nowiki>[</nowiki>Barracks<nowiki>]</nowiki> Peshawar] www.stamps-auction.com*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783868/in/photostream Postcard: Soldiers’ Married Quarters Peshawar] flickr.com*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-colour-postcard-the-mall-showing-station-hospital-peshawar-n-w-f-p--for-sale-132083 Postcard (Flickr): The Mall showing Station Hospital Peshawar] www.stamps-auction.com*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043188-RE_171853.html Peshawar, NWFP, General view of Robert Barracks, post stamped 19.2 1928] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043188-VE_216175.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043183-RE_171858.html Peshawar, Fort and Wireless Station, NWFP, post stamped 10.9.1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043183-VE_216170.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043177-RE_171864.html Peshawar Cantt, Railway Station post stamped 24.9.1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043177-VE_216164.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043193-RE_171848.html Peshawar, Double Deckers, The Soldiers Bungalows post stamped 1.2.1931] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043193-VE_216180.html message]*Photographs from the [[National Army Museum]]:
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=0&total=4&page=1&acc=1977-02-39-2 Riots in Peshawar, 1930] A despatch rider was killed and set on fire, his body igniting the armoured car seen burning in this photograph.
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=3&total=4&acc=1977-02-39-1 Troops and armoured car during 1930 riots]
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=1&total=4&acc=1977-02-39-3 Troops patrol during 1930 riots]
*YouTube videos from the National Army Museum**[httpshttp://www.facebookyoutube.com/QissaKhwaniwatch?v=vw_tRqklKpw&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=8 Peshawar Vale Hunt Point to Point, c 1939] **[http:/photos_stream#!/photowww.phpyoutube.com/watch?fbidv=253296008136619p3D4vLkAz8k&setlist=pb.173386152794272.-2207520000.1361624347PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&typeindex=3&theater Photograph: Landsdowne Theatre9 Farewell to the horse parade, Peshawar in its heyday (1933), 1940] Qissa Khwani on Facebook
====Historical books online====
