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How First World War Began?. Washington Post on 28 June  پہلی جنگ عظیم کا آغاز سرائیوو میں آسٹریا کے ولی عہد فرانز فرڈی ننڈ کے قتل سے ہوا تھا۔  یہ قتل 108 سال پہلے آج کے دن یعنی 28 جون کو ہوا تھا۔ تمام اخبارات نے اگلے دن خبر شائع کی لیکن واشنگٹن ٹائمز نے اسی شام شہ سرخی لگائی۔ How 1st World War Began?. Washington Post on 28 June. Urdu Info about First World War. Old Paper Report Of 1st World War in 1914. Pashto Pedia Urdu Info, Urdu Pedia, Pashto Times. 

  Pashtunistan Day Declaration Passed In Bannu On 21st June 1974. History History       تارېخ  75 year back ,on this day ie 21st June 1947, Pashtuns unanimously passed   Bannu Declaration in  grand jirga of Bannu. They demanded that Pashtuns don’t want to be part of Pakistan or India & must be given a choice to have an independent state of 'Pashtunistan'. #PashtunistanDay ۷۵ کاله مخکې هم په ننې ورځ ۲۱ جون ۱۹۴۷ پښتنو د بنو په تارېخې قامی جرګه کې متفقه قرارداد  منظور کړو . دوې غوښتنه اوکړه چه پښتانه د هندستان ېا پاکستان برخه جوړېدل نه غواړې. باېد دوې تا دې حق ورکړې شې چه خپل آزاد رېاست پښتونستان جوړ کې د جرګې اصل قراداد حاضر دې  ځکه ننې ورځ تا د پښتونستان ورځ وېلې کېږې #PashtunistanDay Pashtunistan Day Declaration Passed In Bannu On 21st June 1974. History. Pashto Blog about Pashtunistan. Pashto Blog by Dr. Said Alam Mehsud. Pukhto Tareekh

Last pictures Of Saghar Sadiqqi While he was addict. Last pics of brilliant Urdu poet Saghar Siddiqui. He became a morphine addict and homeless. He would write poems, recite them on the streets and then burn them.  He died in 1974 on a footpath in Lahore. A year later, a stray dog who was often seen with him, died on the same spot. 

The display of bravery and ferocity of Diroji Pashtuns in the Kashmir War of 1947-1948. Akbar Khan in his book "Raiders in Kashmir" writes: "Here (at Bagh in Azad Kashmir) also more tribesmen had joined them (local Kashmiris) – Toris from the Kurram, a lashkar from Dir, Zadrans and even Tajiks from Afghanistan and Ghilzais perhaps forming the largest part.  Here the Diris had fought a most gallant action when they had charged an Indian unit with the sword and practically wiped it out." [page 86] * The words in the (brackets) in the above quote are my own for clarification purpose. Very few people are aware of the fact that many Pashtuns from Afghanistan as well as some Tajiks (as mentioned by Akbar Khan in his book) crossed the Durand line and participated in the Kashmir War of 1947-48 in the spirit of Jihad.  Reportedly Said Akbar Babrak Zadran (who killed Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan in 1951) participated in the Kashmir war and led a lashkar of Zadrans.  The Afg

 Sanad granted to Inspector of Police Haji Gul Mast Khan (a Zakha Khel Afridi)  by the order of the Viceroy and the Governor-General of India, in recognition of the assistance rendered by him to the Civil authorities in dealing with the gang of Ajab Khan Afridi who murdered Mrs Eliss and kidnapped her daughter on 14th April 1923. Signed by Chief Commissioner of NWFP. In 1941 Gul Mast Khan Afridi (then holding the title Khan Bahadur) became oldest officer in the Indian Air Force when he joined it at the age of 59.  Photo and sanad sent to Tarikh-i-Pakhtunkhwa by Moiz Khan Afridy.

 Portrait Of A Princess Abida Sultan Of Bhopal, 1921 (c). The Ruling Family Of Bhopal State Were Descendants Of An Orakzai Pashtun From Tirah Valley, Dost Muhammad Khan Orakzai. Princess Suraya Jah, Nawab Gowhar-i-Taj, Abida Sultan Begum Sahiba (شہزادی عابدہ سلطان) (28 August 1909 - 11 May 2002) was the eldest daughter of Hamidullah Khan, the last nawab of the Bhopal state. In 1928, she was recognized as the heiress apparent to the Bhopal throne. However, she gave up her right to the throne and migrated to the newly formed Pakistan in 1950. In Pakistan, she joined the foreign service. Therefore, the Government of India excluded her from the succession and her younger sister Sajida succeeded her instead upon her father's death in 1960, although Abida Sultan contested the succession in court. Abida Sultan had arrived in the newly created Pakistan at the age of 37, with a young son. She was to spend the greater part of her life in Pakistan. She died in Karachi in 2002. Her son, Shahar

Kalab Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur, 1870. Photo by Bourne & Shepherd. The Nawabs of the princely state of Rampur (now part of U.P state of India) were descendants of Ali Muhammad Khan Rohilla (died in 1748). It is generally acknowledged that Ali Muhammad Rohilla was not Pashtun by birth. He was a Hindu Indian boy (Jat, Ahir or Rajput) adopted as son by Daud Khan (a mercenary from Pakhtunkhwa). However all the 18th century sources refer to Ali Muhammad Khan and his sons as "Afghan" (Pashtun) and "Rohilla" (Pashtun) which indicate that Ali Muhammad Khan and his sons identified as Pashtuns , spoke Pashto and had Pashtun manners and customs. Anandram Mukhlis who saw Ali Muhammad Khan Rohilla in 1743, describes him as a man of medium height with a fair complexion, blooming face and open forehead, about forty years old,  but looking youthful and dauntlessly brave. In 1815 Mountstuart Elphinstone noted that Pashto was still spoken in Rampur. In late 19th and 20th century

Pukhtano. Pashtuns, Pathans. Who Are Pashtuns? Who Are Pathans? پښتانه  د تاريخ په حقله  چې ما هر څومره کتابونه ولوستل که هغه انګريزانو ليکلي که خپلو پښتنو نو چا پښتانه د ديوانو اولاد ياد کړي دي چا  د فرعونيانو پورې تړلي دي او چا  بني اسرائيل او اريا ګڼلي دي ـ  خو زما يو نظر دے او هغه دا دے چې نه خو پښتانه بني اسرائيل دي اونه  د هغې اړخ نه راغلي دي ـ پښتانه د آمو او اباسين ترمينځه د زرونو کالو نه پراته دي خو داسې نه ده چې لکه نن ټول پښتانه ځان ته پښتانه واٸي يا يو قوم ځان ګڼي بلکښې  دا پښتانه  ډېر روستو د قاميت اړخ ته راغلي دي دا ورکوټې ورکوټې قبيلې وې خو د دې قبيلو  ژبه دود دستور يو بل ته ډېر نيژدو وو ـ خو داسې هم نه ده چې هډو پکهت ياپښتون ځان ته قبيله نه وه ـ  پکهت يا پښتون  د دې آمو او اباسين ترمينځه  يوه غټه قبيله وه او ښه زوروره قبيله وه ـ او د دې خبرې  تصديق مونږ د رګويد  د پکهت  او پکتويس نه هم کوے شو چې دا پښتو يا پکهت قبيله په دې خواشا کښې يوه ډېره سر تيزه او زوروره قبيله وه ـ د رګويد نه علاوه د پښتون او د پښتنو د وطن ذکر هم اوستا او هم يوناني او چيني سياح کړے دے او دا د دې خب

A Group Photo Of The Officers Of The Ex State Of Dir, At Kashmir Front, 1965 (c). Historical Pictures Of Princely State Dir Razakar In 65 War. Tribes Of Dir State In 1965 War Between Pakistan And India. A Group Photo Of The Officers Of The Ex State Of Dir, At Kashmir Front, 1965 (c). Some Historical Pictures Of Nawab E Dir, Places Buildings, Bridges and Events. Nawab Shah Jehan Khan, 3rd and Well Known Nawab Of Princely State Of Dir. He was Elder Son Of Nawab Aurangzeb Khan Son Of Muhammad Sharif Khan. Nawab Shah Jehan Was Born In Barawal Bandai in 1897. He was made Khan Bahadar and Wali Ahed In 1918 at Age Of 21  He was Throned As Nawab Of Dir In 1925 After his Father Nawab Aurangzeb Khan Aka Charrah Nawab Death. Shah Jehan Rulled Pricely State Of Dir Till 1960.  Nawab Of Dir Muhammad Shah Jehan Khan In 1919 at The Age Of 22 When He Was Khan Bahadar And Wali Aheed To His Father. Outdoor Meeting ( Darbaar)) Of Nawab E Dir in 1923. Chakdara Fort 1900. Chakdar Fort ( Qilla)  122 years Ag

 Earliest Photograph Of Allama Iqbal In 1899 When He Was 22. The Earliest Known Photograph Of The Allama, Taken In 1899, When He Was About 22. Picture Courtesy - Munib Iqbal

Umbeyla Pass, 93rd Highlanders And Bunery Or Bunerwal Chiefs As Hostages, Buner, 1863 (c). Ambella  The Ambela campaign against the Pashtuns of Yousafzai tribes (1863), where a 6000 strong British and Indian force suffered heavy casualties defending the Ambela pass against 15,000 Pashtun tribesmen, 238 Killed, 670 wounded.

Amir Habibullah Khan Of Afghanistan (At Three Years Of Age) And Sirdar Nasarullah Khan (Age Two Amir Habibullah Khan Of Afghanistan (At Three Years Of Age) And Sirdar Nasarullah Khan (Age Two) With Their Nurses, Amusers And Handkerchief-carriers, Early 1870's. Habibullah Khan was the son of Amir Abdur Rahman, and the father of King Amanullah Khan. He ruled Afghanistan from 1901, until he was assassinated in 1919. Habibullah Khan kept Afghanistan out of World War I. During his reign, Habibullah started to modernize his country. He imported automobiles, and built various roads. In 1904, the first modern school in Afghanistan was built (Habibia), and electricity was brought to Kabul. Source - Leaves from an Afghan scrapbook

Qanoon Da Cha Dapara Day? Omar Khogyani Pashto Blog King Akbar, Slavery And Pir Rokhan Baba. قانون د چا دپاره وي؟ ما د یوې هندۍ لیکوالې کتاب لوستلو چې د اکبر باچا پهٔ اړه یې لیکلی دی او ډېر تعریفونه یې پهٔ کې کړي دي. د څهٔ وخت لوست وروسته لږ فکر کې شوم چې یرغلګر واکمن کهٔ هر څومره عادل شي نو هېڅکله هم د مقبوضه خاورې یو تابعدار او بل ویښ ځوان ته پهٔ یوه سترګه نهٔ ګوري او نهٔ هغه کس ته څهٔ قانوني حق ورکؤل کېږي دا دواړه کهٔ د یوې مور بچي هم وي. د کتاب پهٔ ۳۵۹مه پاڼه کې یې لیکلي وو چې اکبر باچا د ۱۵۶۰م کال پهٔ شاوخوا کې غلامي ختمه کړې وه. د هغې وخت د مغل دربار یو تکړه وزیر ‘فتح-الله شېرازي لیکي چې؛ «په دې ورځو کې زهٔ د اګرې نه ګجرات ته روان شوم او یو ملګری مې لرلو. هغهٔ یو غلام (پهٔ اګره کې) خرڅ کړو. د ښار کوټوال د دې نه خبر شو نو د غلام (اصلي) مالک یې ونیولو او د کلا دروازې ته یې یوړو او غؤږونه یې ورته پهٔ وړوکي مېخ سوري کړل چې نورو ته یو خبرداری ورکړي.» دا د اکبر باچا جوړ شوي قوانین وو چې د هغهٔ د طرف نه ټاکل شوي هر ګؤرنر او کوټوال پهٔ ډېر ښهٔ انداز پلي کؤل خو کهٔ تاریخ ته سم وګورو نو د

Malak Haji Sarmast Khan Afridi (M.P.A) West Pakistan, From Darra Adam Khel. Owner Of North-West Frontier Province Buses Known As The Dara Adam Khel Buses, Supported Newly Government Of Pakistan In First Kashmir War. He Was The First Person Who Got A Khan Sahib Title By Indian Viceroy In 1942. And He was One Of The Few Person In Pakistan Who Was Invited In The Wedding Cermony Of Prince Charles And Lady Diana. Picture Courtesy - Ahad Afridi

The Nawab Rasulkhanji of Junagarh, 1907(c). The Nawabs of the princely state of Junagarh (now part of Gujarat state of India) were descendants of Babi Pashtuns. Babis are Ghurghust Pashtuns and are cousins of Kakars, Pannis, Mando-Khels etc.  They are found in Kandahar.

A Mad Mullah (Possibly Sartor Faqir) With His Followers North West Frontier, C.1900s. Sartōr Faqīr (Pashto: سرتور فقير‎; 19th century - 1917), also known as "Mullah Mastan or Mullah Mastana" Lewanai Faqir or Saidullah in Pashto and by the British as "The Great Fakir" or "Mad Faqir", "Mad Faqir of Swat" or the "Mad Mullah", was a Pashtun tribal leader and freedom fighter. His name Mullah Mastan translates to "God-intoxicated" as a reference to his religious convictions and his belief that he was capable of miraculous powers. Sartor Faqir was born as Saidullah Khan in the village of Rega Buner in the Buner Valley and was a member of a branch of the Yousafzai tribe. In order to further his religious education, he lived and travelled throughout India and Central Asia, before setting in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan for a period of ten years. In 1895, he returned to Buner. In response to the British occupation of the North West Fro

Then And Now In Pakistan. Journalism In Pakistan. History In Two Pics ‏13مئی1978 کو لاہور کی کوٹ لکھپت جیل میں صحافی(خاور نعیم ہاشمی، اقبال جعفری اور ناصر زیدی)کو ننگا کر کے صرف اس لیے کوڑے مارے گئے کہ باقی صحافی عبرت حاصل کریں۔ پاکستان میں ہر دور میں صحافت پر مشکل وقت آتا رہا مگر سچ لکھنے اور بولنے والے پیچھے نہیں رہے۔ ‎ Khawar Naeem Hashmi, Iqbal Jaffari And Nassar Zaidi Being Beaten Lashes On 13 May 1978 In Kot Lakpat Jail Lahore To Make Journalists Silent.

Khushal Khan Khattak Statue In Naushehra Broken. Pashtun Heros and Pashtun History Destroyed By Fanatics. ‏په نوښار کې د خوشحال خان خټک مجسمه چا ماته کړي ده خپي او لاسونه يې ترې کټ کړي دي پښتانه يې ووژل، بي عزته يې کړل، بي کوره يې کړل، وس ورله د مشرانو اغه پهچان ختمول غواړي، د مشرانو بي عزتي ورله په مړينه هم کوي که هر چا دا کار کړى وي، د سپک سړي نسل به وي  Khushal Khan Khattak Statue In Naushehra Broken. Pashtun Heros and Pashtun History Destroyed By Fanatics.

 A Memorable Picture Of Four Charismatic Members Of A Family, Who Contributed And Shaped Pukhtun Politics And Culture Over A Century. From Left to Right:  1) Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (1914-1996) Contributions: Art, Poetry, Literature, Philosophy, Spirituality, Politics. 2) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Or Bacha Khan (1890-1988) Contributions - Freedom Fighter, Community Service, Philanthropy, Proponent Of Non Violence And Tolerance In Politics, Education, Peace Activism. 3) Dr. Khan Sahib (1883-1958) Contributions - Mainstream Politics, Structural And Administrative Govt Reforms In NWF Province. 4) Khan Abdul Wali Khan (1917-2006) Contributions - Nationalist, Socialist And Anti Establishment Politics, Pro Democracy Struggle. Addition Note - Dr. Khan was Bacha Khan's elder brother, while Ghani and Wali were his sons. The photo was most probably taken in 1954, at Utmanzai, Charsadda, NWF Province. Courtesy - Mukhtar Aziz Kansi

A Rare Picture Of Members Of Khattak's Kabadi Team, Bannu, NWFP, 1930 (c). These Are In One Of The Grounds In Bannu To Face Marwats And Others In A Game Which Is In Dying Stage, Called "Ainda", "Kunali", Longer Version Of Kabbadi. Such Competitions Were Staged Yearly In Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail khan, Lachi, Teri (Present Day District Karak) And Other Places.