Old Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

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Peshawar city, 1917...

A hotel near the Kabuli gate.

 

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Attock Bridge On River Indus, 1930's (c).

An Aerial Photograph Kabul River & Railway Bridge At Nowshera, Taken By Royal Air Force In North-West Frontier, 1930's (c).

 

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Bala Hissar Fort, Peshawar, 1930's (c).

The Fortified Stronghold Of Bala Hisar, On The Site Of An Ancient Citadel, Was The Key To Peshawar And Changed Hands Many Times.

In The 16th Century The Mughal Emperor Babur Occupied And Strengthened The Fort And Laid Out The Shalimar Gardens. After The Decline Of The Mughal Empire The City Was In The Hands Of The Durranis And Later Fell To The Sikhs Under Ranjit Singh. In The 19th Century The Fort Fell To The British Who Replaced The Mud Walls with ‘Pucca’ Brick.

Aerial Photographs Taken By Royal Air Force Pilot During A Reconnaissance Mission In Northern India In The 1930's.

 

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Jamrud Fort On The Eastern End Of The Khyber Pass, Circa 1915 - 1919..

 

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Top Of Khyber Pass Looking Over Into Afghanistan, Khyber Pass, 1993 (c).

© Timothy Taylo

 

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Dara Adam Khel.. 1996

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Main Bazaar 1980

 

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Dara, Kohat in 1968..

 

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Peshawar cxity, 1932 ..

 

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From Peshawar to Landi Kotal; 1980

 

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Kohat Pass 1990's ...

Chakdara Fort, North-West Frontier, 1915.

Chakdara Fort, now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, was built by the British in 1896, on the site of a sixteenth century Mughal fort. The position guarded the strategically important bridge over the Swat River and the routes into the Swat Valley and Chitral via the Lowari Pass. The fort was besieged during the Malakand Rising of 1897.

Peshawar Mall road, 1970 .

 

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Photograph of Attock Fort, Year: 1878
Photographer: John Burke ,

The fort is on a hillside to the left with the Indus River beside it to the right. Boats are moored alongside the pontoon bridge that spans the river. There is a road in the foreground, on which there are carts drawn by cattle, donkeys and people. A small town can be seen in the distance with hills beyond.

The fort was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1581 to support his own wars in Afghanistan. It was held by the Sikhs in the 19th century, they had taken it from the Afghans in 1813. The Sikhs yielded it to the British in 1849.

An old photo of the Attock Bridge over the River Indus.
Year: 1910

A view of Attock Fort.

Two men sitting on the western bank of the River Indus at Attock Khurd whereas in the background is Attock Fort on the Eastern Bank.
Year: 1919
Photographer: R.B. Holmes

An areal View of the Attock Bridge on the river Indus.
Date: 1930