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The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the British Library Mss F370 has items which may also be contained in the above Also see "Historical books*884 Peshawaronline", Pakistan: burials 1851-1864; register of graves, 1887-1888 *885 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1864-1870 *886 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1870-1879 *887 Peshawar and Cherat, Pakistan: burials at Peshawar, 1879-1890; burials at Cherat, 1879-1887 *888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933below.
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Peshawar Peshawar] Love to Know 1911<br>
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{{Places of Interest|title=Peshawar|name=Peshawar|link=xxxxx}}
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.
==Education==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardes_College Edwardes College]<ref>It is now under the jurisdiction of the Peshawar Diocese of the Church of Pakistan, see External Links above</ref>
* Islamia College (now University) (1913)
==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
*''Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II'' by Susan Farrington, 1991. More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries. 168pp, profusely illustrated and plan
See [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=875 BACSA Books].
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the have put some indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browseat [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service. The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the British Library Mss F370 has items which may also be contained in the above books. See [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=697 BACSA Cemetery files] and select Pakistan. For some memorial inscriptions from Peshawar , see [http://www.indian-cemeteries.org Indian Cemeteries], including*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=301 Monument to those who died 67th Battery Royal Field Artillery 1904-1906] at Tehkal Cemetery, Peshawar *[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=314 Monument to those who died No 6 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-1921] at Tehkal Cemetery, Peshawar
==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.geocities.ws/scn_pk/peshawar_vale_hunt.html Peshawar Vale Hunt] by Dr Ali Jan (archive.org link)*[http://web.archive.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, now archived.*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-P.htm#Peshawar RAF Peshawar] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
====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 : 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]*1930 riots in Peshawar**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]**Images of articles from ''The Times'' 24-28 April 1930 [http://www.militarian.com/attachments/24th-april-jpg.3368/ 1], [http://www.militarian.com/attachments/25th-april-1-jpg.3369/ 2], [http://www.militarian.com/attachments/25th-april-2-jpg.3370/ 3], [http://www.militarian.com/attachments/26th-april-jpg.3371/ 4], [http://www.militarian.com/attachments/28th-april-jpg.3372/ 5] militarian.com (Flickrretrieved 1 July 2014)<ref>Military History Forum thread [http://www.militarian.com/threads/peshawar-1930.5327/ Peshawar 1930]</ref>*YouTube videos from the National Army Museum**[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw_tRqklKpw&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=8 Peshawar Vale Hunt Point to Point, c 1939] **[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3D4vLkAz8k&list=PL2FDA0D1DB6744C8A&index=9 Farewell to the horse parade, Peshawar, 1940]
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xagyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA428 Peshawur in 1854] page 428 ''Wall-Street to Cashmere: A Journal of Five Years in Asia, Africa and Europe'' by John B Ireland 1859 Google Books. ([https://archive.org/stream/wallstreettocash1859irel#page/436/mode/2up page 436] (missing from the previous file)). The author was an American lawyer born in 1823.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/390/mode/2up Peshawur] page 391 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*''Memorials of the life and letters of Major-General Sir Herbert B. Edwardes'' by his Wife 1886 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/memorialsoflife01edwa Volume I] [https://archive.org/details/memorialsoflife02edwa Volume II]. Edwardes was Commissioner of Peshawar during the [[Indian Mutiny]].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabsindhmissi00clar#page/160/mode/2up "Peshawur"], page 160 ''The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh"'' by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=171 "Peshawar District"], page 149 ''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://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n49/mode/2up Peshawar Riot 23 April 1930] page 16 ''India in 1930-31'' archive.org
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