Small arms factory in Jamrud , 1947

Small arms factory in Jamrud where gunsmith is working on a lathe to make barrel of an artillery gun for the Kashmir war, December 1947.Photo by Margaret Bourke-White. 

I am told that this factory was located in Braj Kalay Mania Khel of Jamrud and was owned by Ustaad Noor Ahmad and Aku Ustaad.

Nawab Mahbub Ali Khan collecting thumb print signatures of tribesmen from Swat-Ranezai for their agreement to be governed by the state of Pakistan, 1947

December, 1947. Political agent Nawab Sheikh Mahbub Ali Khan (seated at table) collecting thumb print signatures of tribesmen from Swat-Ranezai for their agreement to be governed by the state of Pakistan during a jirga for the NWFP. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

December 1947: Clerk helping a Malik of Swat-Ranezai (Malakand district, KP), place his inked thumb print as his signature on the agreement document to their accession to the govt. of Pakistan during Jirga for the Northwest Frontier Province. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

George Cunningham meeting the Pashtun Maliks of Khyber, December 1947

 

George Cunningham (Governor of NWFP) speaking to Maliks of Khyber, after his speech to the jirga outside the Khyber House, Peshawar, December 1947. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White. The first man from right is Malik Murad Khan Shinwari. The second man from right is Malik Wali Khan Kuki Khel.

Lee Eitingon (Reporter) and Margaret Bourke-White standing with the Khyberi Maliks. The man in the center is Abdul Latif Khan Malikdin Khel Afridi.

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The daily exercise of Miangul Abdul Wadud, the founder of the princely state of Swat, was to climb a thousand-foot peak in afternoon

 

The daily exercise of Miangul Abdul Wadud, the founder of the princely state of Swat (now part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), was to climb a thousand-foot peak in afternoon. 

Margaret Bourke-White who took this photo in December 1947, writes : "I was photographing this potentate one afternoon, in his air-conditioned palace, when the time came for his exercise. Since his daily stint is to climb a thousand foot-peak, I hoped to photograph him in the first few feet of the peak. To my dismay I found the lower part of the mountain in shadow ; the sun was swiftly sinking behind the jagged peaks. 

Far ahead of me the Wali leaped up the crags like a mountain goat, followed closely by his guards. "

 ("Halfway to freedom" by Margaret Bourke-White)

Peshawar, December 1947 : Burqa-clad women watching the first Jirga at Muslim League meeting, at which a tribe acceded to the Government of Pakistan

Peshawar, December 1947. Caption: "Women at stone wall, watching the first Jirga at Moslem League meeting, at which a tribe acceded to the Government of Pakistan at Cunningham Gardens" . Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

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Ghani Khan, 1946

Ghani Khan, 1946. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

Ghani Khan, 1946. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.

Abdul Ghani Khan chatting with Indian journalist Shiva Rao, Delhi, India, May 1946. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.