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Inner Fort, Fort Malakand, North-West Frontier Province, 1905 (c).

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Malakand Was A Strategically Important Area On The North-West Frontier Province. The Malakand Fort Formed Part Of The Fortifications That Guarded The Road Through The Malakand Pass.
 
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An Aerial Photograph Kabul River & Railway Bridge At Nowshera, Taken By Royal Air Force In North-West Frontier, Circa 1920's.


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Jamrud Fort, Khyber Pass, 1930's (c).

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1905

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1890

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Takht-i-Bahi, Mardan, 1973 (c).


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1885

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A photograph of Edward's Gate in Peshawar City, taken during the visit of King George V (1865-1936). when the Prince of Wales and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when the Princess of Wales.
Date: 2 Dec 1905


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A beautiful photo of Khyber Gate (باب خیبر), Peshawar.
Date: c1960s.


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NWFP was created in 1901.

Previously it was Punjab as a province of sikh empire.

And prior to that it was part of Afghanistan.Before that it was a province of the Mughal Indian empire.

In 1 BC it was the capital of the Kanishka empire that occupied the area from the line of Tajikstan up to the line of Bengal
 
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Camel caravan approaching the entrance to the Khyber Pass.
Date: 1919.
Courtesy: Royal Geographical Society, London.


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In The Bazaar Of Dir, (The Capital Of The Former Princely State Of Dir), North-West Frontier Province, 1979 (c).


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An Aerial View Of Chitral Palace Taken By Royal Air Force, Circa 1931.
 
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A petrol pump of Burma Shell and automobile services in Mingora Sawat.
Courtesy: The New Swat Auto Mobiles.


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Rumbur Valley, Chitral, North-West Frontier, 1929 (c).
 
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