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"THE QUETTA SPHINX" LOCALLY MORE WELL KNOWN AS THE "MUM" (QUETTA BALOCHISTAN).IT WAS IN REALITY A WAR MEMORIAL FOR THE FALLEN BRITISH SOLDIERS OF THE ANGLO AFGHAN WARS OF LATE 19TH CENTURY.AND WAS LOCATED IN A CHRISTAIN CEMETRY,STILL EXCITING, IN FRONT OF THE QUETTA FORT ON ZARGHOON ROAD.

IT WAS MUCH FEARD LOCALLY AS A SORT OF A DEMON WHO DEVOURED ANY1 PASSING THERE ALONE AT NIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS DESTROYED BY RELIGIOUS FANATICS AS A REACTION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BABRI MOSQUE IN INDIA IN 1980's.

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Pen and ink drawing of the military cantonment at Quetta by George Boyd (1800-1850), dated between 1821 and 1844.

Quetta is situated beneath the slopes of Murdar in Baluchistan at the northern end of the Quetta-Pishin valley. It lies at an elevation of 5,500 feet above sea level and is an important link on the line of communication with India. The military station was designed by Sir Hugh Barnes in 1881 and laid out on systematic lines of which broad axial roads were a predominant feature.
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Pakia mian, an individual thread for every province is not sustainable in the long run. once you are done posting your collection, these threads will just be relegated to the abyss of old threads in which nobody posts anymore. It would be worth your while to post these priceless pictures in the historical pictures thread. And maybe the mods can make the thread a sticky which would attract allot more attention. :yes:

^^Well u r right about these going in abyss but perhaps we could learn a thing or two before that.

Pakistan maybe a politically 1 country now but it encompasses a whole lots of nationalities. To understand some of ongoing regional strife, one has to get to the root of it. Regional knowledge is one way to do that.

As there are major linguistic, cultural & historic difference, thus justifying a seperate threads for each, IMO.
History teaches us a lot, if we care to listen.
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Sir Mir Mohammed Khan -ruling chief of Kalat (1864- 1931)
I believe he was the daddy of Khan of Kalat, who joined Pakistan in 1948.

^^Well u r right about these going in abyss but perhaps we could learn a thing or two before that.

Pakistan maybe a politically 1 country now but it encompasses a whole lots of nationalities. To understand some of ongoing regional strife, one has to get to the root of it. Regional knowhow is one way to do that.

As there are major linguistic, cultural & historic difference, thus justifying a seperate threads for each, IMO.
History teaches us a lot, if we care to listen.
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Sir Mir Mohammed Khan -ruling chief of Kalat (1864- 1931)
I believe he was the daddy of Khan of Kalat, who joined Pakistan in 1948.


This dude was bestowed the title of "Sir"! :sleepy:


In the humble and timeless words of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.........Alrightytheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.........

Pakia mian, an individual thread for every province is not sustainable in the long run. once you are done posting your collection, these threads will just be relegated to the abyss of old threads in which nobody posts anymore. It would be worth your while to post these priceless pictures in the historical pictures thread. And maybe the mods can make the thread a sticky which would attract allot more attention. :yes:

My dear Boogaa! I don't think you know the librararies I have found which are almost unstopping! For example Doc Kazi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/) on Flickr has the largest library of Pakistan's history I have ever seen!

This dude was bestowed the title of "Sir"! :sleepy:


In the humble and timeless words of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.........Alrightytheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.........

Sad, but every Nawab and Maharajas were knighted by the Queen or king during the colonial Age!

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Gorgeous building, if things were different, should have been rebuilt.

More great earthquake of Quetta's pics 2 come.

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"Sir James Brown [the British Governor] met the Khan in a hall where the public were admitted. I happened to be one of the audience. When Sir James appeared on the platform the Khan made a rush forward to greet him. He was immediately repulsed by the Governor, who shouted, 'Stand back, you murderer,' and reviled him in severe language on the tragedy he was guilty of [the execution of his Prime Minister and son]. The Khan was afterwards consigned to a Fort for safe keeping. He died a few years later."
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(Meanwhile in the same year, a poor old Baloch shepherd works in the blazing sun) Come to think of it, not much has changed in over 100 years.
"The journey through the Bolan Pass is barren, devoid of any trees or even a blade of grass, only steep mountains on either side, and yet there are to be seen flocks of sheep - grazing on what! One wonders until they are told that the soil contains a herb which the sheep find and by their appearrance it is evident they fatten on the product. I never saw such healthy looking animals anywhere and covered with great masses of woolly coats. The mutton in Baluchistan is famed for its fine quality. Honestly I have never tasted better anywhere, not even in Scotland."

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Nawab Nowroz Khan, Sardar Behram, Prime Minister Pinhi

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Gul Khan Nasir in Noshki in 1942

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Meeting of Baloch Sardars, 1893

^^ don't wanna mess with them, looking trouble. :lol:

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This drawing was made during the first Anglo-Afghan war of 1839-42, when Atkinson served as the official Superintending Surgeon of the Army of the Indus, a combined force of British and Indian troops that marched on Kabul in 1839. On route to Afghanistan they passed through the Khojak Pass which is five miles long and 5,757 feet tall at its highest point.

The descent into the pass was done in three stages and Atkinson presents us with a spectacular view of each. He writes that this second descent was just as perilous as the first, "threatening equal destruction among the camels, and it was not long before these fears were painfully realized by a great number of the camels falling head-long into the ravines, being unable, from the soft and loose state of the earth, to obtain any secure footing. The column and innumerable camp followers, here took three different routes, and encamped near the bottom of the hills, about two miles distant from the plain of Chumum, where the First Brigade had already encamped."

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Meeting of Baloch Sardars, 1893

Now these guys mean business! :hilarious

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Pen-and-ink drawing of Sibi at the end of the Bolan Pass by George Boyd (1800-1850) dated between 1821 and 1844. This is one of 95 drawings (90 folios), chiefly of landscapes and monuments in the Deccan, West India and Afghanistan.

Sibi is situated in Balochistan, Pakistan at the eastern end of the Bolan Pass which, along with the Khyber Pass, is one of two main routes through the Hindu Kush mountain range from Afghanistan to South Asia. Since the 15th century, Sibi has been the meeting place of all the tribal chiefs of the area and a centre of business for traders dealing with the nomadic Baloch tribes. A famous fair (the Sibi Mela) has developed over the centuries where tribesmen flock from all over Baluchistan, parts of Sind and Punjab with their animals. The town was of great strategic importance during the First (1839-42) and Second (1878-79) Anglo-Afghan Wars.

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Ziarat (then part of Afghanistan), in 1881

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Encampment near Chaman-e-Shah(now Chaman) of the British Army, under General Nott. 1848.

Later attacking Kandhahar, Affghanistan.

This lithograph was taken from plate 5 of 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray. He wrote of this scene: "After a march of 210 miles through the most desolate and terrific mountain passes in the world, the view ... bursts suddenly on the delighted eyes of the fastness-wearied soldier."

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"THE QUETTA SPHINX" LOCALLY MORE WELL KNOWN AS THE "MUM" (QUETTA BALOCHISTAN).IT WAS IN REALITY A WAR MEMORIAL FOR THE FALLEN BRITISH SOLDIERS OF THE ANGLO AFGHAN WARS OF LATE 19TH CENTURY.AND WAS LOCATED IN A CHRISTAIN CEMETRY,STILL EXCITING, IN FRONT OF THE QUETTA FORT ON ZARGHOON ROAD.

IT WAS MUCH FEARD LOCALLY AS A SORT OF A DEMON WHO DEVOURED ANY1 PASSING THERE ALONE AT NIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS DESTROYED BY RELIGIOUS FANATICS AS A REACTION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BABRI MOSQUE IN INDIA IN 1980's.

Looks sick. So stupid to destroy such a beautiful structure cuz of some shit happening in another country.

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Jam of Las Bela and suite

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Marri and Bugti Tribesmen

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Khan of Kalat and his Ministers

^^ Nice finds.

You make a good 007.

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Town Hall, Quetta, before 1935 earthquake

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In October 1914, almost immediately after arriving in France, the 129th Baluchis were among 20,000 Indian soldiers sent to the front line.

Their job was to help the exhausted and depleted soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to prevent the advancing Germans from capturing the vital ports of Boulogne in France and Nieuwpoort in Belgium.

If the Germans could manage to take Boulogne and Nieuwpoort, they would choke off the BEF’S supplies of food and ammunition, and the Allies would lose the war.


THE FIRST WINNER OF VICTORIA CROSS IN INDIAN ARMY.
On 31 October, 1914, at Hollebeke, Belgium, 26-year old Khan performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross during First World War. Later he served in duke of Connaughts Own 129th Balochis, now known as 11 Baloch Pakistan Army.

Khudadad Khan returned to India, and continued to serve in the Indian Army. In 1971 he died at home in Pakistan, aged 84. Several of his descendants now live in England.

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Mir Gul Khan Nasir in Khuzdar

Mir Gul Khan Nasir in Khuzdar as Naib Vazir Khuzdar [Pre Partition Photo]

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Sibi in bygone era.

Nice Sibi qila, probably a few ruins left now.

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Quetta Bazar, 1905

Dried fruits and nuts are prime offerings, as well as smuggled electronic goods. Most of the merchants are Pathan, although before Independence Hindu and Parsee merchants dominated the elite stores in the market.

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A Balouch Dwarf, Quetta, 1905

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Goharjan (Songstress of Quetta) 1915