Old Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

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Armoured Car In The Kohat Pass, Circa 1920.

Armoured Cars Greatly Increased The Firepower Of The British On The Frontier. They Were Used To Patrol Areas And Harry Retreating Tribesmen. However, The Lack Of Roads On The Frontier Limited Their Operational Use. There Was Also A Problem, Never Fully Resolved, About How They Would Work Alongside The Traditional Cavalry.

 

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Bridge Across The Indus At Khushal Garh Near Kohat, Circa 1878-1879.

This Photograph Of A Pontoon Bridge Across The Indus River Is From An Album Of Rare Historical Photographs Depicting People And Places Associated With The Second Anglo-Afghan War. Pontoon Bridges Such As This One, Formed From Boats Lashed Together By Various Materials, Were Easily Assembled And Disassembled.

This Pontoon Bridge Was Built Near The Town Of Attock In Punjab Province, In Present-day Pakistan, And Likely Was Used By The British Army To Ferry Supplies And Troops Across The Indus. Laborers, Fishermen, Travelers, Soldiers, And Pack Animals Are Seen In The Foreground.

Note - The New Two-way Bridge Connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP) With Punjab Over The Indus River Near Khushal Garh Town.

 

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Off-duty British army officers playing cricket on the parade ground in Kohat, India, (Pakistan), Circa 1862. This is certainly one of the first, if not the first, photograph of the game being played in India.

The British introduced cricket to India in the 18th century. Initially, Indians were only spectators to contests played between Army and Navy units, but by the late 19th century the game had acquired popular appeal. Both Hindu and Muslim native soldiers took up cricket with enthusiasum. For the British, cricket was part of their colonising mission. The cricketing historian Cecil Headlam, travelling in India during the 1903 Delhi Durbar, reflected on its place in the imperial scheme:

'First the hunter, the missionary, and the merchant, next the soldier and the politician, and then the cricketer - that is the history of British colonisation. And of these civilizing influences the last may, perhaps, be said to do least harm. The hunter may exterminate deserving species, the missionary may cause quarrels, the soldier may hector, the politician blunder - but cricket unites, as in India, the rulers and the ruled. It also provides a moral training, an education in pluck, nerve and self-restraint valuable to the character of the ordinary native'.

Like their British counterparts, Indian Army regiments took part in competitions against both Indian and British units stationed on the sub-continent. Today, Pakistan and India are both cricket-mad nations.

 

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Peshawar Artillery Lines Kohat, Circa 1862.

This Image may be the work of Charles Patton Keys, Who served as an Officer with The Punjab Infantry In the Region, In the early 1860's.

 

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The Nowshera Bridges Aerial Photograph, Circa 1930's.

Lying on a sandy plain surrounded by hills, on the banks of the Kabul River, Nowshera is a commercial and industrial centre with cotton, wool, and paperboard mills and chemical and newsprint factories.

Royal Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance On The North West Frontier.

Fantastic view! The nearer one is the railway bridge and the farther one the boat bridge.

 

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Sir George Roose Keppel, Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayum At Darband, Mansehra, Circa 1917.

In This Photo: Nawab Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan (Seated Second From Left), Sir George Roos-Keppel (Seated Third From Left), Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum (Seated First From Right). Sitting L-R: Nawabzada Omer Khan (Khan Of Bhugwai And Brother Of Nawab Khan Zaman Khan) Nawabzada Farid Khan (Later Became Nawab Of Amb State) Nawabzada Mohammad Ismail Khan (Naib-i-Riasat Amb State, Khan Of Chansair And Brother Of Nawab Mohammad Khan Zaman Khan)

Amb Also Known As Fuedal Tanawal Was A Princely State Of The Former British Indian Empire Ruled Over By Chiefs Of The Tanoli Tribe Of Pashtun Descent. The Tanoli Submitted To British Colonial Rule In The 1840's, Following Pakistani Independence In 1947. And For Some Months Afterwards, The Nawabs Of Amb Remained Unaligned. At The End Of December 1947 The Nawab Of Amb State Acceded To Pakistan, While Retaining Internal Self-government. Amb Continued As A Princely State Of Pakistan Until 1969, When It Was Incorporated Into The North-West Frontier Province Now (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) Province.

 

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Bab-e-Khyber In Khyber Pass, Circa 1993.

Bab-e-Khyber or the Gate of Khyber is a beautiful arched gate was constructed near Jamrud in 1963 to enhance the grandeur, dignity and beauty of the famous Khyber Pass. The gate not only acts as an entrance to the Khyber Pass but is also the centre of attraction of tourists.

The gate was inaugurated on 11th of June 1963 by Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, the then president of Pakistan.

Ever since, it has served as a symbolic postcard picture epitomizing the strength and grace of Khyber, and appears on the insignia of the NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Government.

 

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The Fort Shabkadar Frontier Side Overlooking Mohmand Country, Circa 1930's. The 1837 Shabqadar Fort Is A Witness History Spanning Almost 200 Years - From Being Ruled By The Sikhs To The British And Now Pakistan.

Source - From An Album Of Photographs Compiled By Lance Corporal William Henry Raynor - The Duke Of Wellington Regiment (West Riding), Stationed In India In 1930's.

 

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The Chinar Trees At Shalozan Kurram Valley, Circa 1890 - 1895.

 

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An Aerial Photograph Of Jamrud Fort In Khyber Pass Taken By Royal Air Force, Early 1930's.

 

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Exit Of Khyber Pass Into Plains Of Peshawar, Circa 1919.

 

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An Aerial Photograph Of Bannu Taken By Royal Air Force No # 11 Squadron Circa 1930

 

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Khyber Medical College, Circa 1954.

In 1954, the foundation stone of Khyber Medical College, as faculty of Medicine, of Peshawar University, was laid by the then Governor General of Pakistan, Mr. Ghulam Muhammad. The College started functioning in 1955 with enrollment of fifty students with meager facilities.