Found inside – Page 296with servants at Sibi, and the traveller may very well halt here if he intends to examine the famous llolan Pan. ... From the foot of the Pass the halting places are : Khundilani, 7 m. ; Kirta, 14 m. ; Bibi-NanI, 9 m. ; Ab-i-gum, "Lost water," 14 m. ; Sir-i-Bolan, 6 m. ; Dasht-i-Bidaulat, 10 m. ; total, ... From the top of the Pass to Quetta is 25 m. by a good road. ... It is situated at the N. end of a valley of the same name, and is very conveniently placed as regards Khil'at, from which it is distant 103 m. Found inside – Page 67He has also worked on Indian Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites at famous places like Nevasa , Navadatoli , Ahar and Chandoli , but the ... region of former Kalat state , Baluchistan , about eight kilometres east of the village of the same name ( 27 ° 40ʻN , 66 ° 18'E ) . ... He found 250 vessels , approximately 50 of which were given to the McMohan Museum in Quetta , which alongwith all or most of its ... Found inside – Page 605This is the original and first Quetta railroad . ... Leaving Sibi we swiftly cross the plain to Rindli , at the font of the mountains , and enter the famous Bolan Pass ... term ; for throughout the sixty miles of its length it takes the form of a defile , in the narrowest places only some twenty yards wide ... The floor of the pass is also the bed of the river from which it takes its name , in the dry season a rough and stony ... Found insideFocusing on the case of the Hazaras, a population from central Afghanistan, this book shows how migration studies and transnationalism are at the heart of theoretical and methodological debates which animate anthropology. Found inside – Page 637Educ : Recreation : collecting stones and leaves from Aberdeen ; Edinburgh ; Buda - Pesth ; Paris . famous places . Address : 41 Holland ... KEENE , Lieut . - Col . Alfred , D.S.O. 1887 ; KEITH , Leslie ; see Johnston , Grace L. Keith . commanding R.A. Quetta . Entered ariny , KEITH - FALCONER , family name of 1874 ; Lieut . Found inside – Page 592We accompanied the British Commission on its long march to Quetta , so that my sister may claim to be the first lady who ... end of April we entered Quetta , where we were all most kindly entertained by the late Sir James Browne , whose name will ... For the first time , I visited Bahrein , when we rode on donkeys to the famous wells , and also saw the extraordinary ... but there are few places so accessible that would , in my humble opinion , yield a richer harvest than this ancient home of ... Found inside – Page 76Alor , also spelt as Aror , Al Rur and in various other ways , is now represented by a small village of the same name about five miles ... Hiuen Tsang places this region to the west of Fa - la - na , about 350 miles south - east of Tsao - Ku . ta , the capital of which has been located at or near Ghazni . The position of Ki - Kiang - na would therefore very well correspond with a region in the vicinity of Pishin and Quetta ' as Cunningham ... The identification of the famous sea - port of Debal ... Found inside – Page 1765Containing a Notice and the Pronunciation of the Names of Nearly One Hundred Thousand Places : with the Most Recent and Authentic ... 6 SIAWL , shawl , or QUETTA , kwéttà , a town of ... now capital of the province of Fars , in a valley famous a small lake , and flowing first easterly , then southerly , then for its gardens and ... Found inside – Page 753The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. Scott Wilson. King Cole in 1946. He made numerous albums and ... Married name Perky. Sec. Found inside – Page 5While receiving the book , the Emperor smilingly commented , " Name of the President's book is very interesting . ... Quetta is connected by road to many places in Baluchistan , Ziarat , Chaman , Kutchlok , Pishin , Lora Lai , Fort ... Alpine grandeur , bracing climate , refreshing quietitude and wild charm of thickly wooded hills are some of the elements which attract the tourist to Ziarat 76 miles from Quetta . Found inside – Page 111.8 IMPORTANT / HISTORICAL PLACES 1.8.1 Chaman Town Chaman is an important border town which was established ... Chaman is the headquarters of Killa Abdullah district and is linked with Quetta by rail , with the world famous Khojak ... Found inside – Page 16Westward from Simla lies Amritsar , with imposing peak in all Asia is one whose name few persons have ever its Golden Temple approached by a wonderfully carved bridge heard . ... The Vale is world - famous as an earthly Paradise , and 9,000 feet . ... crossed in places from a base that is only 3,500 feet above the sea , so that 23,1 20 feet by native bridges of rope and ... Turning southward , the route leads through Quetta and Baroda to Bombay , the western metropolis of the Empire ... Found inside – Page 116The coast - line , 600 m . long , mostly craggy , NE . by N. Port Augusta . though not very high , but in some places low and sandy , has Bamford ... P. < 500 . parts of B. ( including the fortress of Quetta ) are now included Bamian , tn . , Afghanistan , 80 m . ... The name of B. Pass is often with the Khwaja ( Khoja or Khojak ) Amrán Mts . , which form given to the Hajikhak Pass ( alt . about 12,000 ft . ) ... W. by S. Kirkcaldy , changes . the residence of the famous Sir Michael Scot ( 1210–1291 ) . Found inside – Page 43Research Scholar identify this place with Debel which was conquered by the Arab General , Mohammad Bin Qasim in 711-12 A.D. Rest ... Sukkur is famous for the Sukkur Barrage across the Indus which is the largest irrigation project of its kind in the world . ... Quetta lies beneath the slopes of Murdar mountain , 16,446 feet high . ... The town derives its name from ' ' Kwatta " meaning a fort in Pushto . Found inside – Page 522W. L. Maxwell from Quetta , British India , and plant introduction ” is busy over the distribution of and is known as the Quetta nectarine . ... For Brasfrom British India , and delicious sounding sugar applessica Juncea is the scientific name for the famous ... tion to give out as to just the sort of places to which the in which far regions its culture is an important industry . visitors from overseas are likely to turn with ... Found insideIMPORTANT PLACES CHAPTER 4 NUSHKI TOWN 1-18 CHAGAI PART - U GENERAL. 3.1 ARCHAEOLOGY . quarters of sub - tehsil and is situated on the Quetta - Killa Sufaid Road at a distance of 230 ... The shrine of Pir Sultan in Dalbandin tehsil is said to have given its name to the famous mountain Koh - i - Sultan . Found inside – Page 8... The Black Mare of Fanad ' ; on the other hand , the tune could be called by another half - dozen different names , the name is only a label ... and subsequently to Quetta , British Baluchistan , Sullivan's famous pipes , like many of her talented sons , are lost to Ireland forever . ... stepping all the time ) B.1 Right and left through ( but with a difference — right hand with neighbour to change places , then left ... Found inside – Page 253566 The ( 1841 ) , ( 1842 ) ; “ The Shikarpur 2535 Shinn named Twelvers , the series of their Imams Shillaber , Benjamin ... miles W. of the Indus , on the rail different states , but below that of the En- and other fish . way leading to Quetta and Pishin . Before glish shilling , with a corresponding value Shingles , a popular name for an erupthe opening of this railway it was a place for the penny and the pound . Found inside – Page 5The Kharan camel is famous in Baluchistan . 1.11 INDUSTRIES The ... Rugs and namdas made in and around the town of Kharan are sent to other places of the country . All other articles of daily requirements are brought from Quetta and Kalat . 2.2 TRIBES 1.13 ... in the plain . The Sasolis and Samalaris of the hills retain the name of Brahui . very 2.5 DWELLINGS The Nausherwanis as a race are strong , 5. Found insideThe result is that when it is important to find out the name of many Baluchi plants they must be sent to some expert in ... Temperate fruits flourish above 5,000 ' and the fruits of Kalat , Quetta , Chaman and few other places -- are famous for their ... Found inside – Page 32Although his shrine is situated in quite a desolate place like Zinjik , people of all tribes gather together there to pay homage . ... Lasbela ( 1 , 352 ) , Sibi ( 1 , 298 ) , Loralai ( 820 ) , Quetta - Pishin ( 668 ) , Chagai ( 181 ) , Zhob ( 143 ) and Bolan ( 13 ) . In the recent Census the strength has not been shown as such as most of them took the name of Baluch . ... to be dis - turbed , the popular belief being that by the miracle of the saint no invader could succeed in conquering the place . Found inside – Page 27It was and is due to illi . teracy among the masses that certain leaders has been able to mislead theni in the name of religion ... Hanna lake and Urak valley are the famous picnic spots . Zlarat , is situated in a valley , few miles east of Quetta . Found insideI AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents ... Found inside – Page 476There exists quite a rich store of popular songs and The districts of Quetta and Bolan , now administered by stories , on ... composed of a confederation of chiefs under lected , and some of them bear the name of Jām Durrak , a the suzerainty of ... 1850 , places . It Khost , on the Sind - Pishin Railway , it has been See ( ieorge Sand , Votice biographique de H. de Balzac successfully worked for some years . Found inside – Page 476There exists quite a rich store of popular songs and The districts of Quetta and Bolan , now administered by stories , on ... A number of these have already been col- of Baluchistan , composed of a confederation of chiefs under lected , and some of them bear the name of Jām Durrak , a the suzerainty of ... 18 , 1850 . places . Found inside – Page 476There exists quite a rich store of popular songs and The districts of Quetta and Bolan , now administered by stories , on ... A number of these have already been col- of Baluchistan , composed of a confederation of chiefs under lected , and some of them bear the name of Jām Durrak , a the suzerainty of ... 18 , 1850 . places . Found inside – Page 4It has places with lofty and rugged mountains under Chiltan , Takatu , Suleman and Sultan etc , as well as , plains stretching to hundreds of miles . ... It was named after the name of Captain Sir Robert Sandeman under whose command British troops were sent to ... Sibi lies at the mouth of the famous Bolan pass at 29 ° 33 ' North and 67 ° 53 ' East , about eightyeight miles south of Quetta , and 448 miles ... Found inside – Page xiiiThe Birthplace of Krishna — The Scene of Sacred Legends - A Famous Place of Pilgrimage -- The District of Muttra - The Sacred Grove ... Rise of Brahminism - Muttra Sacked by the Mohammedans - Its Name Changed to Islamabad - Aurangzib Raises a Mosque - The Town ... QUETTA . - Its Occupation by the British - The Scene at the Railway Station -- Railway Institute — The Dâk Bungalow — The Old ... Found insideBesides his authority as a Sufi master, he made a name for himself by his ... It remains famous for its holy places, beginning with the Sayyid Ghulam Rasul ... Frommer's The Carolinas and Georgia 8th Edition is an unbeatable guide to some of the South's most popular places to visit, stay, and play. Found inside – Page 476There exists quite a rich store of popular songs and The districts of Quetta and Bolan , now administered by stories , on ... A number of these have already been col- of Baluchistan , composed of a confederation of chiefs under lected , and some of them bear the name of Jām Durrak , a the suzerainty of ... 18 , 1850 . places . Found inside – Page 111.8 IMPORTANT / HISTORICAL PLACES 1.8.1 Quetta City Quetta lies at the mouth of Bolan pass . It is also significant because of its being the ... Quetta is also famous for its traditional food particularly Sajji . Following are the land marks and ... Found inside – Page 85The occupation of Quetta in 1876 , and the establishment of political relations with the Kakar tribes in 1877-78 under ... and who held the Chapar fastness famous ; locally as entirely commanding the roads from Peshin and Quetta via the Ziwar valley to Sibi and Thal - Chotiali . ... Peshin and its dependencies the above - mentioned places were included in the so - called assigned district of Peshin ... The Kakars call the Spin Taring of Zawar by the general name of Chilgaris , vide Part II . Found insideProvides the final report of the 9/11 Commission detailing their findings on the September 11 terrorist attacks. Found inside – Page 17Io runs through the famous Bolan Pass - in which so many Eng . Strobridge Iron Company , New will fill in the places that were short Brighton , Pa . , are ... With the lish soldiers have perished - to the tbis issue . season of 1896 they hope to show a important post of Quetta . ... The capital is $ 20,000 , that the name Monarch is favorably Hill was the most difficult apd imand the directors are W. T. Lutz , J. A. ... Found inside – Page 188... the Latest Federal, State and Transportation Surveys, Over 100,000 Indexed Place Names, with Their Populations, and Much Valuable Statist ... A tunnel for the Quetta Railroad to Kanthe Russo - Japanese War , that conflict might have ended much dahar through the Chodja ... Within its confines live a fanatChina produces the famous jade , which is used extravaical religious body holding to a creed of ... Found inside – Page 66QUETTA 178. Quetta . Divisional Headquarter town , 536 miles from Karachi and 727 miles from Lahore . Connected by rail with Rohri . 20 miles from Bolan ... The present name is derived from the Pushtu word ' Kwatta ' which means a fort . Quetta is situated in ... Residency Road is famous for its fine avenue of chinar trees . The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution. Found inside – Page 11Virgil , although he wrote " Sic vos The method has been to place the name disfigured half a county in order to live . non vobis ... -Muton , In her new sovel , “ The Paste - board her world - famous novel , “ Jane Eyre , ' Crown , ” Clara Morris , the great Amerifrom a little ... being no longer blind Quetta , College , --Cowpi . with passion , would probably have gone , girl Because they told him fashion , to the ... Found inside – Page 476There exists quite a rich store of popular songs and The districts of Quetta and Bolan , now administered by stories , on ... A number of these have already been col- of Baluchistan , composed of a confederation of chiefs under lected , and some of them bear the name of Jām Durrak , a the suzerainty of ... 18 , 1850 . places . Found inside – Page 206British Baluchistan , Quetta , and the Bolan Pass are under British administration . ... About 70 miles north of Kalat is the famous Bolan Pass , which is long ( 51 miles ) , narrow , and difficult , and although it passes “ over a lofty ... Dadur is one of the hottest places ... AFGHANISTAN is the name given to a mountainous 206 . Found inside – Page 112The name was changed to Rahim Yar Khan in 1881 after the Crown Prince of the Bahawalpur State , the eldest son of ... Places worth visiting close to Rahim Yar Khan are : Pattan Munara : 5 miles to the east of Rahim Yar Khan situated on the ... It is particularly famous for its stylized Arabic calligraphy . ... A highway connects Fort Munro with Quetta winding through the rocky mountainous rugged region . Found inside – Page 112While West Pakistan consisted of four Provinces such as the N.W.F.P. , Punjab , Sind and Baluchistan , East Pakistan was a single Province by the same name . ... Moreover , northern mountaneous parts and the Quetta valley in the west have snow - falls in the winter . ... As regards historical sites and buildings , pre - historic sites and Moghal - period famous buildings are located all over the country . Found inside – Page 116The coast - line , 600 m . long , mostly craggy , NE . by N. Port Augusta . though not very high , but in some places low and sandy , has Bamford ... P. < 500 . parts of B. ( including the fortress of Quetta ) are now included Bamian , in . , Afghanistan , 80 m . ... The name of B. Pass is often with the Khwája ( Khoja or Khojak ) Amrán Mts . , which form given to the Hajikhak Pass ( alt . about 12,000 ft . ) ... W. by S. Kirkcaldy , changes . the residence of the famous Sir Michael Scol ( 1210-1291 ) . Found insideThis story is a cameo set against the backdrop of Partition - a decision taken by political leaders in Britain and India that shattered the lives of ordinary people like the family in this narrative who at that time were living in Quetta, ... Found inside – Page 180... the Lahore - Peshawar route , same name , Bahawalpur is 512 miles from Rawalpindi is the headquarters of Karachi . ... QUETTA MURREE Situated 5,508 ft . above sea - level on hilly sections of P.W.R. it is the headquarters of Thirty - seven miles from Rawalpindi , Quetta Division . ... The most famous places are the Lahore Fort , Accessible by metalled road as well as the Badshahi Masjid , the mazar ... Found inside – Page 164Places to Stay & Eat There are many good small hotels , heavily booked in summmer ; PTDC in Quetta can make reservations . Ziarat is almost ... Information The PTDC tourist information office ( a 15 ) at the PTDC Motel is open throughout the tourist season ( May to October ) . 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