The Islamia College Peshawar

History and Architecture

Abstract

Islamia College Peshawar an institute with a century old glorious past was constructed by Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan and Sir George Roos Keppel in 1913 at the western end of the Peshawar Valley in foothills of the Khyber Hills. The building presents a classical combination of the Mughal and Curzonian architecture. The architectural plan of the Islamia College is symmetrical with front façade facing south. The building is decorated with cut and dressed brick work. Style of pointed arches, domes, copulas, columns, doors, windows, ventilators, floors and ceilings add beauty and elegance to the whole structure. The clock tower in the centre, being topped by a dome, is the supplementary refinement added to the building.