Historical photos of Pakhtunkhwa taken in 1919 (c)

 Photos by Randolph Bezzant Holmes, taken in 1919 (c).

Ghilzai nomads, 1919 (c).

Pashtun wedding

A Mahsud with donkey and a Wazir, near a country sign post, 1919.

The "Mundi" (Fair) outside Peshawar city, women in white burqas, 1919 (c).

Pashtun grey-beards, 1919 (c).

Mahsud tribesmen, 1919 (c)

Islamia College (at right), Peshawar, 1919 (c).

The bride in the dholie, Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

The barber at work, Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

Kohat Pass - boundary between "administered" and "tribal" territory, 1919.

Rural scene of Peshawar district, 1919 (c).

Pashtun woodcutter, NWFP, 1919 (c).


 

Pashtun axeman, NWFP, 1919 (c)

Grain market, Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

Caravan serai

Caravan entering the Khyber Pass, 1925 (c).

Caravan enroute to Kabul in the Khyber, 1925 (c).

Road, rail and caravan routes in the Khyber Pass, 1925 (c).

Afridi tribesman, 1919 (c).

A beggar photographed by Holmes in Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

A city eating house, Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

Pashtun caravan on the Khyber road, 1919 (c).

Pottery stall at the 'Mela' outside Peshawar city, 1919 (c).

The 'Mela' outside Peshawar city, 1920 (c).

Jamrud fort, 1920 (c). Photo by R.B.Holmes.

Caravan in Khyber Pass enroute to Kabul, 1920 (c). 

A scene of rural Peshawar, 1920 (c)

Sign post in the Khyber Pass, 1920 (c).

Camel caravan near Shagai railway station, Khyber, 1925 (c).

A forest of rifles at Pashtun jirga, 1920 (c).