For researchers
Researcher resources
محققین کے لیے
POHAN is built for citation. Every record carries the metadata a footnote needs: archive, series, date, page, and an explicit statement of how far the claim has been verified.
Collections
Where to start
Four routes into the archive, depending on whether you are working from a document, a bibliography, a place, or living memory.
Primary sources
Political agent reports, treaties, notifications, administrative correspondence and census tables, each with transcription and translation.
10 recordsBibliography
Full bibliographic records with author, publisher, year, pagination, subject and access status.
5 titlesHistorical maps
Survey sheets and sketch maps with compiling authority, scale and stated limits of accuracy.
Survey of India seriesOral history collection
Recorded testimony with narrator metadata, consent status, transcript and translation.
Growing collection
Citation guide
How to cite POHAN records
Cite the original archive first and POHAN second. We are the access point, not the source — and a footnote should let a reader reach the paper itself.
Document
“Notification constituting the North-West Frontier Province”, 9 November 1901, India Office Records — Government of India Gazette. POHAN Foundation digital archive, accessed 13 August 2026.
Book
Howell, Evelyn. Mizh: A Monograph on Government Relations with the Mahsud Tribe. Simla: Government of India Press, 1931, pp. 40–72. Bibliographic record: POHAN Foundation digital archive.
Oral history
Gul Muhammad, Haji. Interview by POHAN Oral History team, Ladha, 14 October 2019. POHAN Oral History Archive, recording POHAN-OH-001. Confidence: medium.
Downloadable metadata
Record-level metadata for each collection is available as CSV for use in reference managers and in quantitative work. Fields include identifier, title, date, archive, series, category, confidence level and cross-links.
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