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- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 21 Peshawar 31884651911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 21 — Peshawar PESHAWAR, a city of British India, the capital...276 bytes (618 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2021
- cantonment and sanatorium in the Peshawar district of the North-West Frontier Province, India, 34 m. S.E. of Peshawar. It is situated at an elevation of...349 bytes (92 words) - 22:58, 23 December 2018
- Khyber Agency; b, 1857; educ; Church Mission School, Peshawar; belongs to a Kapur Khatri family of Peshawar; joined Khyber Agency as Head clerk, 1880; accompanied...161 bytes (114 words) - 04:01, 20 February 2021
- the Kabul river, 96 m. from Kabul and 76 from Peshawar. Estimated pop., 4000. Between it and Peshawar intervenes the Khyber Pass, and between it and...151 bytes (274 words) - 18:56, 14 December 2017
- during a period of 2000 years. The mountain barrier which separates the Peshawar plains from the Afghan highlands differs in many respects from the mountain...319 bytes (1,198 words) - 08:43, 11 March 2018
- while at Peshawar, he translated the Iliad into English verse : served in Berar : was D.P.I, in the Panjab in 1872 : Commissioner of Peshawar : Resident...194 bytes (85 words) - 17:14, 28 April 2021
- cantonment in Peshawar district of the North-West Frontier Province of India, situated on the right bank of the Kabul river 27 m. E. of Peshawar. Pop. (1901)...244 bytes (88 words) - 18:02, 23 October 2018
- between the Indus and the hills constituting the settled districts of Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan; and (3) the rugged mountainous region...386 bytes (2,955 words) - 20:50, 17 June 2020
- their own countrymen, and attacked the forts on the Samana Ridge near Peshawar. It was estimated that the Afridis and Orakzais could, if united, bring...215 bytes (968 words) - 18:56, 20 January 2022
- Kashi Nand, Risabldar, Rai Bahadur, s. of late Shiv Lai; b, 1858; educ; at Peshawar and Lahore; belogss to a family whose ancestors were Dewans of Durani and...169 bytes (124 words) - 02:44, 20 February 2021
- beyond the border of Peshawar district, North-West Frontier Province, situated at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, 101/2 m. W. of Peshawar city, with which it...214 bytes (151 words) - 22:36, 17 November 2021
- severe attack of fever, and after sick leave to Ceylon was appointed to Peshawar. There he was indefatigable in visiting the out stations Naushahra and...345 bytes (787 words) - 15:13, 30 December 2020
- MOHMAND, a Pathan tribe who inhabit the hilly country to the north-west of Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province of India. They are one of the strongest...502 bytes (1,355 words) - 22:38, 29 June 2020
- in the world, the Grand Trunk, which starts from Calcutta and ends at Peshawar, passes through the province from Delhi in the south-east to Attock in...437 bytes (828 words) - 08:33, 27 March 2019
- joined Ranjit Singh in the Panjab: made Governor of Wazirabad, and of Peshawar in 1834: ruled by fear and severity and with success: gave great assistance...207 bytes (142 words) - 14:45, 28 April 2021
- Herat and Peshawar not being in his power. He defeated Shah Shuja, the Sadazai or, Durani, late Amir, at Kandahar in 1833: but lost Peshawar to the Sikhs...237 bytes (354 words) - 00:43, 29 April 2021
- service against the Afghans, and was made a Superintendent of Police in Peshawar. Captain Yasin Khan was formerly a Jemadar, but owing to his excellent...558 bytes (163 words) - 07:54, 16 November 2017
- made Peshawar the capital of the theocratic community which they wished to establish (1829). Deserted by the Afghans they had to leave Peshawar, and Ismail...229 bytes (216 words) - 01:06, 22 December 2016
- against Pax Britannica, One must read his Kipling to enjoy Peshawar, and must see Peshawar and its people fully to enjoy Kipling. All through "The Man...287 bytes (4,645 words) - 17:51, 31 October 2018
- British India, in the Rawalpindi district of the Punjab, 47 m. by rail from Peshawar, and situated on the eastern bank of the Indus. Pop. (1901) 2822. The place...263 bytes (281 words) - 18:47, 5 January 2018