Old Peshawar

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Bala Hissar Fort, Peshawar, 1917 (c).

 

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Another forgotten part of Peshawar’s history is that Jamrud fort served as a Freemason Lodge in 1921 for the British



There is a stencil drawing of Jamrud Fort in The United Grand Lodge ball room in London:

 

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1987

 

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Arbab Road Peshawar in 1964

Chowk Yadgar, in 1955

 

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Arbab Road Peshawar in 1964

Chowk Yadgar, in 1955

It’s a shame that we didn’t persevere the original Yadgar chowk monument.

 

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1930 ..40
An Aerial View Of Bala Hissar Fort In Peshawar By Royal Air Force,
The Lady Reading Hospital on upper mid left..



The Lady Reading Hospital is located at Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. It is one of the most important post graduate medical institutes in Pakistan.

It is also called Loye Huspatal and Gernali Huspatal. It is named after Lady Reading, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Reading. It is the biggest hospital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, providing tertiary care facilities.

 

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It’s a shame that we didn’t persevere the original Yadgar chowk monument.

Yes ! Very sad, Original was very beautiful, I have seen all these areas.

 

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British Infantry Barracks, Peshawar, 1910's (c).

 

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Dean's Hotel

 

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Lord Headley formally known as Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, the 5th Baron Headley,

Was a British-Irish civil engineer who worked in NWFP and India. He converted to Islam in Peshawar and adopted his Muslim name to Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq.

He was the first Briths Muslim Scholar of his time and lead the British Muslim Society till his death.

 

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1982






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1905

 

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Fort, August, 1917




Street Scene In Peshawar, Late 19th Century



1880

 

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