Photos of Peshawar

Editor’s Note: Rare black & white photos of Peshawar dating back to 1860s are in the last portion of this page.

Khyber Train Safari. The Khyber train safari was a tourist train which ran between Peshawar and Landi Kotal through Khyber Pass in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Train has been closed in 2006 due to washed away of railway track and bridges by flood. In this photo, the train is about to depart from Shahgai railway station and descend out of the Khyber Pass back to Jamrud, near Peshawar. The local tribesmen are asserting their right to free travel on the trains, a condition of the railway being built through their land.

Dean’s Hotel, Peshawar – 1946

Historic Dean’s Hotel, Peshawar – 1963. Photo taken by Bill Spence.

Another Photo of Dean’s Hotel- 1963. Foreigners (Jan Kiviniemi and Juhn Hartberg of United States Army Security Agency) bargaining with rickshaw driver. Photo by Bill Spence.rickshaw driver. Photo by Bill Spence.

Balahisar Fort, Peshawar

Qila Balahisar, Peshawar in 1967

Beautiful Peshawar in 1967. These photos have been taken in 1967-68 by an employee of US Air Force Security Service posted at Peshawar Base. It is the same Base from where ill-fated U-2 Mission was flown into Soviet Territory in 1960.

Peshawar City-2012

Sights & Sounds of Peshawar

Kawatra Building, Arbab Road, Saddar, Peshawar – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

A 19th century Palace, Arbab Road, Peshawar. It belonged to a young orphaned Sikh. Photo by Environmentalist.

Lansdowne Theatre, Peshawar. The majestic building of Lansdowne Theatre was demolished in February 2007. Photo by Environmentalist.

Peshawar Gift House – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Western Gateway of the Gorkhatri Caravan Serai, Peshawar. Old Tehsil office Gate. Photo by Willard 84.

First Power House of Peshawar 

Peshawar Museum. Photo by Khalid Mahmood.

Sunehri Masjid (Golden Mosque), Peshawar. Photo by Khalid Mahmood.

Mohabbat Khan Mosque, Peshawar. The Mohabbat Khan Mosque, named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar Nawab Mohabbat Khan who served under Emperors Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb and who was the grandson of Nawab Dadan Khan (who had been governor of Lahore), was built in 1630.

An Old Photo of Islamia College

Islamia College, Peshawar

University of Peshawar – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Edwards College, Peshawar

Government School, Peshawar 

Virsa Cafe (Cafe de Viento), near Hayatabad, Peshawar

 

Hastings Memorial/Chowk Yadgaar. Colonel Hastings Memorial (built around 1884-92 in remembrance of the first British Commissioner of Peshawar, Lieutenant Colonel Edward George Godolphin Hastings) was the old name for “Chowk Yadgaar”. Original Chowk Yadgaar visible in this photo was demolished and horse shoe shaped Chowk Yadgaar was built. Later on that  too was demolished and present day ugly junk of concrete was built at its place.

Hastings Memorial (Now Chowk Yadgar) after Independence of Pakistan

Chowk Yadgar: Horse Shoe Style White Marble Monument. In 1969, the original Hastings Monument was demolished and a new horse shoe style monument of white marble was built to commemorate the shuhadas of the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

Chowk Yadgar: Current Structure. In the early 1990s the horse shoe style white marble monument was replaced with another dome shaped structure.

Chowk Yadgar, Peshawar – 1963. The Monument is not visible in the photo. Its boundary fence can be seen. Photo by Bill Spence.

“Picture House” Cinema -1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Metro Cinema, Peshawar – 1963. Showing “Deewana”, starring Sabiha, Ejaz, Deeba and Habib. Photo by Bill Spence.

Barracks at Badaber Station – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

A Snake Charmer at Badaber Station – 1963. Employees of United States Army Security Agency and their families enjoying the performance of a snake charmer at Badaber Station in 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

An Aerial View of Peshawar in 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Khyber Pass – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Another Photo of khyber Pass – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

Tribesmen Sitting Outside a Shop in Landi Kotal – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

A Street in Dara Adam Khel – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence.

A Gun Factory in Dara Adam Khel – 1963. Photo by Bill Spence. John Sheffer of United State Army Security Agency is seen in the photo.

A ‘Gun Inspector’ at Dara Adam Khel, 1963. A ‘Gun Inspector’ is checking the quality control outside a Gun Factory in Dara Adam Khel. Photo by Bill Spence.

British India and Afghanistan Border, 1934 

A Sikh Cloth Merchant in Peshawar Bazaar, 1928

Royal Air Force Fighter Planes at Peshawar Airport, 1925

Ghanta Ghar (Cunningham Clock Tower), Peshawar. It was built in 1900 in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The clock tower was named the Cunningham Clock Tower after Sir George Cunningham, former British governor and political agent in the province.

Caravan Serai, Peshawar, 1920

Edwards Gate, Peshawar – 1920

Kissa (Qissa) Khawani Bazar, Peshawar – 1910

A Caravan Arrived in Peshawar from Kabul – 1905

Peshawar Zoo – 1890

North Entrance Gate of Peshawar City, 1880s

The Elephants Battery in Peshawar, 1880s 

Jamrud Fort, at the Entrance of Khyber Pass, 1880s

Kuki Khels Native Regiment, Peshawar, 1880s 

Afridi Soldiers from Khyber Pass, 1887

Principal Street of Peshawar, 1886

The Tent of an Officer with Servants and Horses at Peshawar, 1883 

Pashtun Men with Governor and Deputy Governor, Outside Governor’s Compound, Peshawar, 1880

Khyber Chiefs with a British Political Officer at Jamrud Fort, 1878. Extremely rare Photos of Khyber Chiefs with a British Political Officer, Captain Tucker, at Jamrud Fort, at the mouth of Khyber Pass

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Peshawar Fort – 1878. GT (Grand Trunk) Road is in the foreground.

A Market in Peshawar, Photo taken between 1860s to 1880s 

Peshawar Bazar – 1865

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