| The Peshawar Vale Hunt |
| This webpage is for anyone with an interest in the famous Peshawar Vale Hunt of the North-West Frontier Province of India (now Pakistan) |
| About me: My name is Ali Jan and I am from Peshawar. I represent Sarhad Conservation Network - a local organization concerned with preservation of Heritage, Culture and Environment of Peshawar. I come from an area in Peshawar which once served as the hunting country for the Peshawar Vale Hunt. Please contact me if you wish to share photo material, articles or any other bits of information about the PVH. I would be extremely interested to hear your comments. Thank you very much indeed, Dr Ali Jan Peshawar, Pakistan. E-mail: <[email protected]> |
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| Extract from an article on the "P.V.H." in "The Pioneer", Jan. 14th, 1894: "It is fact, I believe, that in the year 978 A.D. Sabaktagim, Governor of Khorasan, garrisoned Peshawar with ten thousand horses ... It may be that mounted hunting parties were a common sight in these parts in the tenth century, and that we are only treading in the footsteps of Alexander, when we go a-hunting nowadays." The "Hunt Records" of 1870 opened with the sentence: "The far-famed Shires of the Eusufzaie Valley have long been acknowledged to be the only real hunting country in India."cf. Elliott - "Field Sports in India" (London, 1973), pp. 67-78. |
| It was in the North-West Frontier Province of India (now Pakistan) during the days of the Raj that the British whipped-in to the Peshawar Vale Hounds, hunting jackals - which, they found, "were not as cunning or as fast as the British fox". |
| The Peshawar Vale Hunt was formed by the Army in 1870 in Peshawar. Jackals were used instead of foxes. The pack was marched up to Kabul during the 2nd Afghan War and back to Peshawar. Taken about 1894. (Neg No.O/N/PA/PH 5317(2)) -- (with profound thanks to Mr. Walter Reeve - Australia for providing the photo) |
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| http://freespace.virgin.net/edward.nicholl/issue6.htm : The Hunt, 1867 - 1947 The story of how the 19th Regiment Foot founded what became the Peshawar Vale Hunt, which only came to an end in 1947 when the British finally departed from India. 1865 After being nearly two years at Jullundur the regiment marched for Peshawar on 1 November 1865 and arrived there on 8 December 1865. A station pack of English foxhounds was established at Peshawar, - the origin of the present "Peshawar Vale Hounds". ----------- Interviews on Uni website http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/india/intvw5.htm After about 1930 there were a lot of Indian officers in the clubs. There was no color bar. The only place where you met that sort of discrimination was in the business centers. In Peshawar about 1930 there was some resistance when a regiment with Indian officers came--they'd never had anything like this before. The commanding officer of this regiment--it was a cavalry regiment--said that if his officers couldn't go to the club then his horses were not available to hire for people who wanted to hunt with the Peshawar Vale hounds. This settled it. |
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| Charles Johnson Payne, "Snaffles". Prints are an extremely rare and fascinating example of British colonial sporting eccentricity. |
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| The Panee: Major R.F.Routledge, 1st whip to The Peshwar Vale Hunt, jumping The Arsala Khan. Remarques: 1) The Jumping powder- Afghans sitting in a group in the hills with rifles!! 2) Riding into the river. The Peshwar Vale: The P.V.H. go across country not unlike Irish country. Hunt gallops over The Jabkindda Drain after a jackal. Subtitle of print ' Begad! That would stop them Meath fellers.' Remarque: 1) The Meet 2) The Finish. Original pencil signed & embossed. [c.1932] 13x30ins |
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| Irvine - Lieutenant-Colonel Walter - Indian Medical Service - died 26th January 1919. Grave at Peshawar - "Lieutenant Colonel Walter Irvine IMS. Chief Medical Officer NWFP who lost his life in the Nagoman River when leading the Peshawar Vale Hunt of which he was Master. 26th January 1919." Gora Qabristan Tehkal English Cemetery, Peshawar. Photo by Dr Ali Jan - 2004 |
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| Herbert Edwardes and James Brind at coffee party India 1870s |
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| Peshawar. India 1920s Visit of HRH Prince of Wales |
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| Key Words: Peshawar Vale Hunt pictures photos images Snaffles Charles Johnson Payne collectors collection prints print picture item items. |
| For comments or any further Information. Contact: Dr Ali Jan Sarhad Conservation Network � (SCN) Peshawar, Pakistan. E-mail: <[email protected]> |
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| Sarhad Conservation Network � (SCN) 2004 |
| Additional Link of Interest: The Frontier Force Regiment webpage |
| John Morgan, at John Morgan Hire Company
The company has a selection of Peshawar Vale Hunt clothing For queries related to PVH uniforms: Website (www.johnmorgan1966.com) (advertisement) |