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'''Murree''' is a hill station in Punjab founded by the British in 1851.
There were cantonments nearby at Gharial (alternative spelling Gharrial) (four miles away) and Kuldannah<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qKzMQTgtNaIC&pg=PA59 ''From Kashmir to Kabul''], page 59 by Omar Khan, refer External links</ref>, (alternative spelling Kuldana)
'''Nearby'''
<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barian Barian] (Wikipedia) is situated in the Murree Hills, about 13 km north west of Murree, in the area known as the '''the Galis''' (Gallis, Galies, Gallies, Gullies, Galiyat) where a number of small hill towns, many of which have Gali in their name, are situated along the crest of the ridge on the road that runs north from Murree to Abbottabad.<ref>[http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/cffe1/13f58f/"Murree and the Galis"] by Hassan Humayun</ref>Galiyat is the plural of Gali which literally means an alley but in this case it probably alludes to a valley between mountains.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/groups/galiyat/pool About Galiyat, The Pakistani Alps] flickr.com</ref>Barian Gali or Burean Gully<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R_5tAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Barian+Gali%22&dq=%22Barian+Gali%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SzvfT_PME42hiQenk_mYCg&sqi=2&redir_esc=y Google Books snippet view: page 129, ''Historical images of Pakistan''] by F. S. Aijazuddin</ref>is probably the same place as Barian.<br>Tret is situated 40 kilometers from Rawalpindi on the main road to Muree.
<br>"Murree is only a sanitarium. The mountain batteries go from [[Rawalpindi]] to the Hazara Galis. Clifden, Sunny Bank and Kuldannah form one cantonment. Clifden is, in summer, filled with a large number of women and children from Rawalpindi and [[Peshawar]]. A British Infantry Regiment is located at Kuldannah, and another in a temporary camp at Gharial, which also receives detachments from the summer garrison of Rawalpindi. Barian, on the borders of this district and Hazara, usually has a British Infantry Regiment from Peshawar or [[Nowshera]]".<ref name=name>Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.</ref>
The Army summer camp known as Barian Camp appears to have developed into a more permanent cantonment . "Barian was a lovely one-battalion cantonment at six thousand feet".<ref>Google Books snipper search result: ''Unlikely beginnings: a soldier's life by Aboobaker Osman Mitha - 2003</ref> In 1920 there was a RAF Hill Depot established at Lower Barian.<ref>Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=55cBAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=byvfT-CkFoWZiQfnlpiaCg&redir_esc=y ''Military history of British India, 1607-1947''] by Harbans Singh Bhatia, page 29 and Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xgAFAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4yvfT-f_I6-wiQfIxbmaCg&redir_esc=y ''The flying elephants: a history of No. 27 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, 1915-69''], page 96</ref>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_Gali Bara Gali] (Wikipedia), about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment.
 
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
 
===Postcards and photographs of the cantonments===
'''Postcards''' are from ebay.
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cantonment-General-Hospital-Murree-Postcard-India-0270-/390427752025?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item5ae74eb659 Postcard: A View of Cantonment General Hospital, Murree]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pakistan-Old-RP-Postcard-GHARRIAL-BARRACKS-Murree-Hills-/160823955506?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item2571dad032 Postcard: Gharrial Barracks, Murree Hills]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INDIA-GHARRIAL-BARRACKS-WINTER-SNOW-MURREE-HILLS-REAL-PHOTO-POSTCARD-/110823353265?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item19cd962bb1 Postcard: Gharrial Barracks in Winter (Snow) Murree Hills]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pakistan-India-Old-Postcard-Charat-Hill-Murree-Hills-/160823529775?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item2571d4512f Postcard: Charat Hill, Murree]
*[http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pakistan-Old-Postcard-Military-Line-BARIAN-CAMP-Tents-/160823889873 Postcard: General View of Military Line: Barian Camp (c 1910?)]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MURREE-HILLS-Pakistan-Bazar-Barian-Camp-Vintage-/160743701816?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item256d123d38 Postcard: Bazar Barian Camp, 7 Miles from Sunny Bank, Murree Hills]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pakistan-Old-Postcard-Khans-Pur-Camp-Tents-Murree-Hill-/150836090459?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item231e88165b Postcard: Khan’s Pur, Murree Hill]
*[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INDIA-MILITARY-MURREE-HILLS-SOLDIERS-REST-CAMP-TRET-HUTS-TENT-PHOTO-CARD-/390412598661?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item5ae6677d85 Postacard: Rest Camp (Tret) Murree Hills].
 
'''Photographs'''
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/60432809@N00/3931561023/in/photostream Photograph of Old British Raj military HQ at Barian Cantonment]. Now a military training school. flickr.com
==Sites of Interest==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murree Murree] Wikipedia
*[http://tinyurl.com/dck7jz Churches and Chapels in Murree] ''Youtube''.
*[http://www.geocities.ws/jamshedt/Muree.htm Muree and Gallies] www.geocities.ws/jamshedt
*Dr Ali Jan’s [http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/murree_cemetery.html The old English Cemeteries in Murree, Pakistan]
*[http://www.murreehills.co.nr/ MurreeHills.co.nr] includes
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