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Peshawar
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Sites of Interest

General

  • Governor's House
  • Dean Center
  • Peshawar Garrison Club
  • Aviator's Station - The site where freedom fighters of 1857 independence movement were blown from guns.
  • Kotla Mohsin Khan - The residence of Mazullah Khan, Seventeenth century Pashtu poet.
  • Durrani Graveyard
  • Para Training School

Forts

  • Bala Hisar Fort
  • Burj Hari Singh - Sikh fort founded by Sikh General Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa (no longer exists)

Colonial Monuments

  • Bara Bridge built by Mughal rulers in 1629.
  • Chowk Yadgar - Formerly Hastings memorial
  • Cunningham clock tower built in 1900. Called Ghanta Ghar
  • Avitabile's Pavillion
  • Edwardes School - The residence of Yar Mohammad Khan, the last Durrani Governor of Peshawar

Buddhist

  • Gor Khuttree - An ancient site of Buddha's alms or begging bowl. Headquarter of Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Governor Avitabile
  • Pakhtu Academy - Tthe site of an ancient Buddhist University
  • Shah Ji Ki Dheri - he site of Kanishka's famous Buddhist monastery.

Hindu/Sikh

  • Panch Tirath - An ancient Hindu site now converted into a park
  • Sikh Temple at Jogan Shah

Mausoleums

  • Tomb of Sheikh Imamuddin (d.1650) at Palosi Piran.
  • Tomb of Rahman Baba (d.1706)
  • Tomb of Akhund Darweza (d.1638)
  • Tomb of Sheikh Sultan Baba
  • Mausoleum of Nawab Sayed Khan
  • Ziarat of Ashab Baba
  • Burj-e-Roshnai

Parks

  • Wazir Bagh - Laid in 1802, by Fatteh Khan, Prime Minister of Shah Mahmud Khan.
  • Ali Mardan Khan Gardens - Formerly Company bagh now Khalid bin Waleed Park.
  • Shahi Bagh- A small portion of which constitutes the currrent site of Arbab Niaz Stadium.

Mosques

  • Mohabbat Khan Mosque
  • Ganj Ali Khan Mosque
  • Qasim Ali Khan Mosque
  • Sethi Mohallah
  • Sonehri Masjid

Museums

  • Peshawar Museum (Victoria Memorial Hall)
 
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