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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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