Pakistan through history.

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[ghazi52]

This photograph shows Miangul Abdul Wadud signing the Instrument of Accession enabling Swat to join Pakistan in 1947. On the right are his son Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb, his grandson Miangul Aurangzeb and the Chief Secretary of Swat, Attaullah.

Miangul Abdul Wadud was the Wali of Swat and a descendant of the Akhund of Swat. He was elected Badshah Sahib (king) of Swat by a loya jirga held at Kabal in November 1918, and was recognised by the British authorities as ruler. He ruled from 1918 to 1949, when he abdicated in favour of his eldest son, Miangul Jahan Zeb.

As late as 1931, Swat had an area of 18,000 square miles and a population of 216,000. The state was predominantly Muslim, but with a small Hindu presence. Swat’s accession to Pakistan was complicated by its occupation of Kalam shortly before 1947, which was also claimed by Chitral and Dir.

Although Pakistan refused to recognise the occupation, the Wali, hoping to garner Pakistan’s support of Swat’s claim to Kalam, was eager to accede to Pakistan. Miangul Jahanzeb, the last Wali noted that, “with the creation of Pakistan, we immediately joined the new state. We were very patriotic… I talked to the political agent Nawab Shaikh Mehboob Ali over the telephone and told him we were going to sign the Instrument of Accession.”

The Wali executed the Instrument of Accession on November 24, 1947.

 

[ghazi52]

British formally occupied Lahore on 30 Mar 1849 & effectively surrounded the city.

They already had troops inside the Fort. Troops were deployed inside walled city, Shahdara, tomb of Jahangir & Noor Jahan, around Minto Park, Shalamar Garden, Ichhra, Mozang & tomb of Qasim Khan.

 

[ghazi52]

British separated NWFP/KP from Punjab in 1901 and created districts of Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, DI Khan & Hazara.

Later added Malakand territories; princely states of Dir, Swat & Chitral; tribal agencies of Khyber, Kurram, North & South Waziristan. Mohmand and Bajour were later creations.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Natural unity of landmass of Indus Valley Civilisation (Pakistan) served by a single major river valley made Indus Valley Civilisation a contiguous geographical entity. Identified as Meluhha by Mesopotamians, later named Hind, Indos & India & called Pakistan by its own people.

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From the East

Mauryan Empire (323 BC)

Gupta Empire (319 AD)

Rai Dynasty (489 AD)

Harshvardana Empire (606 AD)

Rai Maharath (640 AD)

Rajput (647 AD) Pala Empire (770 AD)

Mahratha (1757 AD)

British (1843 AD)

Rai Dynasty was not a foreign polity.

They were native to modern-day Sindh and formed one of the first major indigenous states to unite the Indus Valley.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From Western Borders

Assyrian Empire 800 BC
Achaemenid Empire 530 BC
Alexander of Macedon 326 BC
Indo-Greeks 206 BC
Scythians 90 BC
Parthians 21 AD
Kushans 45 AD
Huns 450 AD
Muslims 644 AD
Genghis Khan 1221 AD

Excellent thread

wasn't aware Assyrian Empire invaded the subcontinent

 

[Maula Jatt]

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From Western Borders

Assyrian Empire 800 BC
Achaemenid Empire 530 BC
Alexander of Macedon 326 BC
Indo-Greeks 206 BC
Scythians 90 BC
Parthians 21 AD
Kushans 45 AD
Huns 450 AD
Muslims 644 AD
Genghis Khan 1221 AD

PC huns were here too? What...

 

[ghazi52]

Though people think Anarkali's tomb was the first church created by British in Lahore, Pakistan.

First church of Lahore in Pakistan was constructed in 1595 near the Lahore Fort, during the Portuguese period when Jesuit missionaries were attending the court of the Mughal Empire.

Reference
Akbar and the Jesuits, An Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar by the Jesuit priest Father Pierre Du Jarric and published in France between 1608 and 1614.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

PC huns were here too? What...

Alchon Huns were responsible for the decline of Buddhism in the Indus Valley and the fragmentation of Gandhara.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Excellent thread

wasn't aware Assyrian Empire invaded the subcontinent

There is no archeological evidence of an Assyrian invasion, it is likely more legend than factual.

Everything on the supposed Assyrian invasion is based off of the works of Ctesias, a Greek historian under the employ of the Achaemenids. His works are the first Western source on the Indus Valley.

He describes an invasion of the Indus Valley by Semiramis, queen of the Assyrians. She is met by Stabrobates, King of Indos, who being faced with initial defeats feigned a retreat across the Indus. Semiramis, after eliminating Stabrobates's river fleet, then crosses the Indus in pursuit, only to be faced with a counter-attack after having only partially crossed the Indus. The result is a decisive victory for Stabrobates who then chases Semiramis all the way to Makran.

According to Diodorus, Queen Semiramis had her camels disguised as elephants to deceive and demoralize the Indos Army.

Here is a painting from the Pakistan Military Museum depicting an engagement between Stabrobates's war elephants and Semiramis's camels.

 

[Maula Jatt]

Here is a painting from the Pakistan Military Museum depicting an engagement between Stabrobates's war elephants and Semiramis's camels.

View attachment 803021

Can we see Pak millitary museum paintings online
Is there a link for it?

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From Western Borders

Assyrian Empire 800 BC
Achaemenid Empire 530 BC
Alexander of Macedon 326 BC
Indo-Greeks 206 BC
Scythians 90 BC
Parthians 21 AD
Kushans 45 AD
Huns 450 AD
Muslims 644 AD
Genghis Khan 1221 AD

Assyrian empire????
how??

Natural unity of landmass of Indus Valley Civilisation (Pakistan) served by a single major river valley made Indus Valley Civilisation a contiguous geographical entity. Identified as Meluhha by Mesopotamians, later named Hind, Indos & India & called Pakistan by its own people.

Major Foreign Invasions Against Pakistan From the East

Mauryan Empire (323 BC)

Gupta Empire (319 AD)

Rai Dynasty (489 AD)

Harshvardana Empire (606 AD)

Rai Maharath (640 AD)

Rajput (647 AD) Pala Empire (770 AD)

Mahratha (1757 AD)

British (1843 AD)

Mauryans were local

 

[ghazi52]

First Muslim invasion of Sindh occurred in 644 AD during Caliph Umar's time. Muslim army entered Sindh along Makran coast & defeated Raja Chach, father of Raja Dahir in Battle of Rasil, fought west of River Indus. Chach withdrew east of Indus.
Muslims did not go any further, then.
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[Talwar e Pakistan]

Assyrian empire????
how??



Mauryans were local

Mauryans were not local. This is a claim being spread by Punjabi nationalists based on an unreliable play which claimed that Chandragupta's army consisted of "Shakas (Scythians), Yavanas (Greeks), Kiratas, Kambojas, Parasikas (Persians) and Bahlikas (Punjabis)" and that he expanded West to East. However, there is very little basis for this.