Old Peshawar

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1950's

 

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Qissa khwani bazar is still the same.

 

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Men Riding In Carriage At Peshawar City, 1957 (c).

© Harrison Forman / UWM Libraries

 

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An Aerial Photograph Of Peshawar City Taken By Royal Air Force, 1929 (c).

 

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1972

 

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Dentist Establishment, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, 1929 (c).

 

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Water well Near Bala Hissar Fort, Peshawar, December 1976.

 

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Dean's Hotel Peshawar, 1962-64 (c).

How could anyone tear this beauty down to build a mall?
Most of the people in Pakistan have absolutely no sense or respect for their heritage and the monuments like this grand hotel in Peshawar.

 

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1990's Saddar

 

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1950's

 

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1957

 

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1986: ہشتنگری کا شربت فروش
Peshawar, KPK

 

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Photos of Peshawar’s old Silk Market!

Also known as the Silk Seller’s Market (Bazaar i Abreshun Farosh), the Market and the Silk trade of Peshawar were mainly regulated by Kashmiri traders.

Peshawar had an active population of atleast 9000 Kashmiris in the early 1900s.

 

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Deputy Commissioner's Car, Peshawar, 1940 (c).

 

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Dentist Establishment, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, 1929 (c).

Abdul Karim Wax Works & Skins Marchant, Peshawar Saddar, 1929 (c).