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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|presidency=Bengal
|image=Murree Mall in Winter.jpg
|image=Peshawar_City%2C_India_-_Edwardes_Gate%2C_c_1870.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.906905,73.395367&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.906905°N 73.395367°E]
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.015112,71.582634&z=11&t=h&hl=en 34.015112°N 71.582634°E]
|altitude= 2,291.2 m (7,517 ft)
|altitude= 510 m (1,673 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murree Murree]
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar Peshawar]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab Punjab]
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
}}
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{{Places of Interest|title=Peshawar|name=Peshawar|link=xxxxx}}


'''Murree''' (alternative spelling Murri) is a hill station in Punjab founded by the British in 1851.
During the British period '''Peshawar''' was the capital of [[North West Frontier Province]] and [[Peshawar District]] from 1901 until 1947. It was part of [[Punjab]] before then.


There were cantonments nearby at Gharial (Gharrial, Gharyal) (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>, (Kuldana)
==Spelling variants==
Peshawer, Peshawur, Paishawar, Peyshawurr


'''The surrounding area of Murree Hills'''
==Education==
<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 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardes_College Edwardes College]<ref>It is now under the jurisdiction of the Peshawar Diocese of the Church of Pakistan, see External Links above</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. In 1901 this area became part of  [[Hazara District]] , [[North West Frontier Province]]
* Islamia College (now University) (1913)
<br>Tret  is situated 40 kilometers from Rawalpindi on the main road to Muree. <br>
The location of [[Cherat]] is sometimes described as Murree, or Murree Hills, but it is thought to be the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherat Cherat] located  in the hills closer to [[Peshawar]]


==Military history==
==Churches==
[[Insurrection at Murree]] 1857
[[Image:Peshawar Church of England.jpg|thumb|250px|St John's Church]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_Church,_Peshawar St. John's Church]  (now Cathedral) (Garrison Church)


==Cantonments==
==Cemeteries==
"The British began to establish summer camps for the troops in the Galliat area and by the 1880 Baragali, Kalabagh, and Khairagali were occupied by various artillery units. Gora Dhaka, [[Khanspur]] and Changlagali housed infantry units. Nathiagali and Dungagali were reserved for civil servants. Thandiani served as a hill station for the civil servants in Abbottabad. These summer camps (cantonments) had a mixture of permanent and semi-permanent buildings and were supplied by small bazaars to cater for the needs of the troops"<ref> [http://www.abbottabadonline.com/ abbottabadonline.com]</ref>
Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20120701122516/http://pakhtun.com/index.php/about-pashtuns/history-of-pashtuns/gora-qabristan-a-vanashing-landmark  "Peshawar’s Gora Qabristan :  A Vanishing Landmark"] by Dr. Ali Jan written c 2010 www.pakhtun.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131121081612/http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/peshawar_cemetery_new.html Peshawar's Historic Cemetery] by Dr Ali Jan. Contains some of the same text, but also includes information about the 1918 flu pandemic. (archive.org links)
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publications are
*''Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan'' by Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001).  c900 MIs dating from 1849. 195pp, profusely illustrated and plans 
*''Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II'' by Susan Farrington, 1991.    More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries. 168pp, profusely illustrated and plan


In 1907:
See [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books].
<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>
 
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.


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>
The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the British Library Mss F370 has items which may also be contained in the above books
*884 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials 1851-1864; register of graves, 1887-1888
*885 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1864-1870
*886 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1870-1879
*887 Peshawar and Cherat, Pakistan: burials at Peshawar, 1879-1890; burials at Cherat, 1879-1887
*888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_Gali Bara Gali] (Wikipedia), about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment.
For some  memorial inscriptions from Peshawar , see [http://www.indian-cemeteries.org Indian Cemeteries], including
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=301 Monument to those who died 67th Battery Royal Field Artillery 1904-1906] at Tehkal Cemetery, Peshawar
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=314 Monument to those who died No 6 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-1921] at Tehkal Cemetery, Peshawar


Khaira Gali was a small cantonment on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, occupied in the summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter. (Spelling variants : Khaira/Khair/Khyra Gali/Galli}<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_213.gif Khaira Gali] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15'', page 207</ref>
==Hospitals==
[[Image:Lady_Reading_Hospital_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Lady Reading Hospital]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Reading_Hospital Lady Reading Hospital] (1924)


There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
==Forts==
[[Image:Balahisar_Peshawar.jpg|thumb|300px|Balahisar]]
* [[Bala Hissar Fort, Peshawar|Balahisar]]


[[Cherat]] was a small cantonment located closer to [[Peshawar]]
==The hill cantonment at Cherat==
[[Cherat]] is a cantonment located 34 miles south east from the city of Peshawar at an elevation of 4,500 feet on the west of the Khattak range.


===Postcards and photographs of the cantonments===
==External Links ==
'''Postcards''' may not be permanent links, particularly those from ebay. If not, try Googling "old postcard" with the title of the postcard. Most are from stamps-auction.com.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_130.gif  Peshawar City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
[[Image:Murree. View of cantonment General Hospital.jpg‎|right|thumb|300px|A View of Cantonment General Hospital, Murree]]
*[http://www.khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk/aboutus/Town-Places.php Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Town & Places] contains information about Peshawar (scroll down)
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-kuldana-tents-murree-hills-for-sale-97391 Postcard: View Kuldana, Murree Hills]
*[http://www.peshawardiocese.org/default.asp Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Historical-Pakistan/190053491103230#!/photo.php?fbid=400384766736767&set=a.190081737767072.37476.190053491103230&type=1&theater Postcard: Barracks, Kuldana (Murree Hills)] c 1910 "My Historical Pakistan" on Facebook
*[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26.html Khyber [Masonic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Lodge, Peshawar]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-rp-postcard-gharrial-barracks-murree-hills-for-sale-117064 Postcard: Gharrial Barracks, Murree Hills]
**[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934) whose father was in the Indian Army, and later the Pakistan Army. [http://www.pakhtun.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=36%3Ahistory&id=88%3Apeshawar-remembered-walter-reeve&Itemid=90  Another version] www.pakhtun.com, and  [http://web.archive.org/web/20090829075530/http://geocities.com/scn_pk/peshawar_remembered.html another version] (archived). The recollections of an English schoolboy growing up in Peshawar around the time of partition. See [[Murree]] for the author's memories of Murree.
*[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] ebay
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/peshawar-ab.htm PAF <nowiki>[</nowiki>previously RAF<nowiki>]</nowiki> Peshawar] globalsecurity.org
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-charat-hill-at-murree-hills-for-sale-110258 Postcard: Charat Hill, Murree]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131121052603/http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/peshawar_vale_hunt.html  Peshawar Vale Hunt] by Dr Ali Jan (archive.org link)
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-military-line-barian-camp-tents-for-sale-119946 Postcard: General View of Military Line: Barian Camp] (c 1910?)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20081002070800/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/gertrude.html Peshawar: Excerpts from Gertrude Bell's Diary (dated 22/01/1903 to 27/01/1903)] Sarhad Conservation Network, now archived.
*[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] ebay
====Images====
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-tents-camping-khan-s-pur-murree-for-sale-55755 Postcard: Khan’s Pur, Murree Hill]
*[http://thevelvetrocket.com/2009/11/25/visiting-peshawar-scenes-and-pictures-of-pakistan Visiting Peshawar – Scenes And Pictures Of Pakistan] 2009 - Includes photos of St John’s Cathedral and the cemetery
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-general-view-of-khan-s-pur-murree-for-sale-55778  Postcard: Khan's Pur Murree].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3912689013/ Photograph of Peshawar 1878]  A view across the cantonment towards St John's Church and the distant mountains of the Khyber Pass, taken in 1878 by John Burke. (Flickr)
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-khans-pur-khanspur-military-camp-tents-trees-old-postcard-british-india-for-sale-134691 Postcard: Khans pur: Military Camp]
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/barracks-peshawar.html Postcard: British Infantry Barracks Peshawar c 1910] imagesofasia.com
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-1935-old-postcard-murree-hills-rest-camp-tret-for-sale-76410 Postcard: Rest Camp (Tret) Murree Hills].
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-peshawar-nwfp-soldiers-bungalows-old-postcard-british-indian-colour-for-sale-124467 Postcard: Soldiers' Bungalow <nowiki>[</nowiki>Barracks<nowiki>]</nowiki> Peshawar]  www.stamps-auction.com
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/upper-topa-murree.html Postcard: Upper Topa Murree 1910] imagesofasia.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783868/in/photostream Postcard: Soldiers’ Married Quarters Peshawar] flickr.com
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-soldier-home-upper-topa-murree-for-sale-61916 Postcard: The Soldiers' Home Upper Topa, Murree Hill]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-colour-postcard-the-mall-showing-station-hospital-peshawar-n-w-f-p--for-sale-132083 Postcard: The Mall showing  Station Hospital Peshawar] www.stamps-auction.com
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-khair-gali-panorama-murree-hill-for-sale-110234  Postcard: Khair Gali Murree Hill]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-khair-gali-murree-hills-for-sale-105705 Postcard: Khair Gali - (Murree)]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-khaira-gali-murree-hills-for-sale-97397 Postcard: Khaira Galli Murree Hills]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-kalabagh-murree-hills-view-for-sale-97396 Postcard: Kalabagh, Murree Hills]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-kala-bagh-second-side-murree-hill-for-sale-110235 Postcard: Kala Bagh  Second Side, Murree Hill].
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-kala-bagh-third-side-murree-hills-for-sale-110225  Postcard: Kala Bagh Third Side Murree Hill]  
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-postcard-general-view-of-kala-bagh-murree-for-sale-104207  Postcard: Kala Bagh (Murree)]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-kalabagh-murree-hills-view-for-sale-71423 Postcard: Kalabagh, Murree Hills]
*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland
*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043162-RE_171879.html Cherat Hill, Church] post stamped 18.8.1930 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043162-VE_216149.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043188-RE_171853.html Peshawar, NWFP, General view of Robert Barracks, post stamped 19.2 1928] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043188-VE_216175.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043163-RE_171878.html Cherat Hill, NWFP, General View of Cherat Showing the Wireless Station] post stamped 18.8.1930 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043163-VE_216150.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043183-RE_171858.html Peshawar, Fort and Wireless Station, NWFP, post stamped 10.9.1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043183-VE_216170.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043160-RE_171881.html  Cherat Hill, NWFP, Showing Married Quarters and Church], post stamped 6.5.1931 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043160-VE_216147.html message]  
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043177-RE_171864.html Peshawar Cantt, Railway Station post stamped 24.9.1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043177-VE_216164.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043161-RE_171880.html Cherat Hill, NWFP, British Guard Room], post stamped 25.5.1931 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043161-VE_216148.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043193-RE_171848.html Peshawar, Double Deckers, The Soldiers Bungalows post stamped 1.2.1931] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043193-VE_216180.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043236-RE_171806.html The General View Murree Hill looking from Murree Depot] sent 1931 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043236-VE_216222.html message]
*Photographs from National Army Museum:
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043237-RE_171805.html Murree Hill, The Sunny Bank Barracks] sent 1931 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043237-VE_216223.html    message]
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=0&total=4&page=1&acc=1977-02-39-2 Riots in Peshawar, 1930] A despatch rider was killed and set on fire, his body igniting the armoured car seen burning in this photograph.
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043238-RE_171804.html  Bazar Jhikagali <nowiki>[Jhika Gali]</nowiki> under Snow Murree Hills] post stamped 1.6.31 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043238-RE_171804.html message]
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=3&total=4&acc=1977-02-39-1 Troops and armoured car during 1930 riots]
 
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=1&total=4&acc=1977-02-39-3 Troops patrol during 1930 riots]
'''Photographs'''
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/60432809@N00/3931561023/in/photostream 2009 Photograph of Old British Raj military HQ at Barian Cantonment]. Now a military training school. flickr.com
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150#!/photo.php?fbid=603409196350829&set=a.560245220667227.130541.301806946511057&type=1&theater Photograph: c. 1910s: Jhika Gali, Murree] Archive150 on Facebook
*[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/2nd%20Battalion%20Band.jpg  Photograph: 2nd Battalion Band, The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Cherat, North West Frontier, 1913] from Janet & Richard Mason’s  [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.html The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment] 
*[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/5th_RWK_Muree_India.jpg Photograph: 5th Battalion, The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Barian Camp, Muree] (First World War period) from Janet & Richard Mason’s  The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
*Photographs of Barian: [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/03.jpg Barian: 1], [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/04.jpg Barian:2], [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/05.jpg Barian:3],[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/08.jpg Barian:4] from [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/Photograph%20Album%20of%20Pte%20H%20Knight.html Photograph album of Private Henry Knight], who served in "A" Company of the 1/5th Royal West Kent Regiment in India during the Great War,  from Janet & Richard Mason’s  The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
*[http://pmpfilms.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/murree-hills-cherat-india-1940.html  Photographs: Murree Hills Cherat India 1940] pmpfilms.blogspot.com. Click on the images to enlarge in a slideshow,
 
==Also see==
*[[Khanspur]]
*[[:Category:Murree images|Images of Murree]]
 
==Sites of Interest==
The following are sites in and around the town.
* The ruins of Murree Brewery in [[Ghora Gali]]
 
==Cemeteries==
*Old Cemetery
*Cliffden Road new Cemetery
*Pindi Point New Cemetery
Images and Transcriptions from above three cemeteries can be found on Dr Ali Jan’s website [http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/murree_cemetery.html The old English Cemeteries in Murree, Pakistan] - which is linked to [http://www.indian-cemeteries.org Indian Cemeteries] and include [http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=282  Monument to those who died 1st Bn 6th Royal Regiment at Murree and Camp Kotlee during the Cholera Epidemic of 1872] Cliffden Road Cemetery, Murree


See also:-
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqzo_3MsB98 British Soldiers' Cemetery, Lower Topa, Murree Hills – Pakistan] Video on YouTube
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabsindhmissi00clar#page/160/mode/2up "Peshawur"], page 160 ''The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh"'' by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org
*Video on YouTube: Visit to a 200 Years Old British Christian Cemetery in Murree  by MurreeHills1849 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywLNk_6eUJM Part 1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIzrDxNZYHM Part 2]
*[http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n49/mode/2up  Peshawar Riot 23 April 1930] page 16 ''India in 1930-31'' archive.org
 
==Educational Institutes==
*The Lawrence College, originally called the [[Lawrence Military Asylum#Lawrence College, Ghora Gali|Lawrence Military Asylum]] is situated at Ghora Gali, 4 km from Murree.
* Convent of Jesus and Mary (originally boarding, now a day school). Dr Ali Jan’s [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary Murree], now archived
*St Thomas College, Murree, for boys, was opened in 1882<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=UveLzKDlZBEC&pg=PA138 ''The magic mountains: hill stations and the British raj''] by Dane Keith Kennedy page 138 Google Books</ref>, probably by the Capuchin Fathers, and was subsequently taken over by the (Roman Catholic) Mill Hill Missionaries <ref>A Google Books search snippet  from  [http://books.google.com/books?id=JRMXAAAAIAAJ  ''Into deserts: a history of the Catholic Diocese of Lahore, 1886-1986''] by John Rooney c 1986 says: The Rome agreement provided that the Mill Hill Missionaries were to take over responsibility for the debts of St. Thomas College, Murree. Capuchin sources assess these at Rs.l. 00. Mill Hill sources say the debt amounted to Rs.25000.00. ... This book is available at [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|001359212  Harvard University Library] and [http://oskicat.berkeley.edu:80/record=b14547408~S1. UCLA Library]</ref>. However, it had probably closed by the 1930’s as there is no mention of this school in the entry for Murree in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, published 1909-1931
*St Denys' School was the first Anglican Protestant School for British girls in the Murree Hills, established in 1882. Dr Ali Jan’s [http://web.archive.org/web/20071129201100/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html St Denys' School] , now archived.
==Volunteer Regiments==
G Company, [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]], had its headquarters at Murree, and  was composed of cadets belonging to the [[Lawrence Military Asylum]] at Ghora Gali, near Murree.
H Company,  1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles contained civilian residents from [[Rawalpindi]] and Murree, and had its headquarter at Murree. In 1907 G and H Companies were "in strength 121 men, exclusive of officers"<ref name=name/>.
 
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murree Murree] Wikipedia
*[http://www.nationsillustrated.com/photos/topn/picture/8474 Kuldana Cantonment, Murree Hills, Pakistan]  by Dr Ali Jan www.nationsillustrated.com
*"Memories of Murree" by Walter Reeve (born 1934) whose father was in the Indian Army and later Pakistan Army.  Details of a visit to Murree in 1936 from the author’s father’s memoirs, and the author’s memory of visits in 1948 and 1949. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070306125548/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2005-weekly/nos-06-11-2005/foo.htm Part 1], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070306125717/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2005-weekly/nos-13-11-2005/foo.htm  Part 2], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070306062112/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/nov2005-weekly/nos-20-11-2005/foo.htm Part 3] Scroll down. jang.com.pk  6, 13 and 20 November 2005, now archived websites. See [[Murree#References|References below]] for the author’s memories  of an English schoolboy growing up in Peshawar around the time of partition.
*[http://tinyurl.com/dck7jz Churches and Chapels in Murree] ''Youtube''.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/anjum_sohrab_satti/6144211443/in/set-72157626912385443 Photograph: St. Deny's Church – Murree] flickr.com
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/show-lot-print.php?lot_id=61895  Postcard:  The Church Gharyal Murree Hill] www.stamps-auction.com. Possibly this was the cantonment church.
*[http://www.geocities.ws/jamshedt/Muree.htm Muree and Gallies] www.geocities.ws/jamshedt
*Fifty Members of the Murree Club 1865 pages 46,47 from ''From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900'' by Omar Khan 2002 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qKzMQTgtNaIC&pg=PA46 Limited View Google Books]. Also refer [[Photographer#Books|Photographer]] for more details of this book.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/daudpota/512416852/ Photograph: The Murree Amateur Dramatic Group, 1896] flickr.com
*[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 "A rock epic"]. An article by Ali Jan about a 1909 regimental rock carving by the [[5th Regiment of Foot|Northumberland Fusiliers]], at Murree from The News on Sunday 19 July 2009 (jang.com.pk)
*[http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/westyorkshire.html Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, Kuldana, Murree 1907- 1910] by Dr Ali Jan. Details of rock carvings.
*Three views of regimental badge rock-carvings at Cherat (Charat) Hill. Cherat, like the Khyber Pass had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides.<ref>
[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934). </ref>
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3907918420 pre 1920], [https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Historical-Pakistan/190053491103230#!/photo.php?fbid=400718460036731&set=a.190081737767072.37476.190053491103230&type=1&theater same in black and white],[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3901783684/in/photostream 1920], [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043159-RE_171882.html  1931]
*Speech given by Mr Fakir Syed Aijazuddin, author and journalist, at the book launch of ''Murree: A Glimpse through the Forest'' by Virgil Miedema, 13 September 2002. [http://www.fsaijazuddin.pk/speechdetail.php?speechid=70  Part 1], [http://www.fsaijazuddin.pk/speechdetail.php?speechid=69 Part 2]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishtiaqahmed/6785836628 Photograph of Murree Mountain  (7,600 feet) taken from Lower Topa]  by IshtiaQ Ahmed flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13305961@N00&q=Murree&m=text Images of Murree] from "History of Pakistan"'s collection flickr.com
*[http://www.murreebrewery.com/his.html The Murree Brewery] murreebrewery.com
*[http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sarah1.jpg Photograph of tonga journey returning from school in Murree, October 1905] from  [http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/2012/09/ask-the-photo-expert-indian-mystery Ask the photo expert Blog 25 Sep 2012] findmypast.co.uk
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_048.gif "Murree Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 18'', page 42.
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n415/mode/2up  Map of Murree] showing the cantonments, between pages 244 and 245, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA321 "Abstract of Medico-Topographical Report of Murree, Punjab"] by Assistant-Surgeon J Reade, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, page 321 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862''
*''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Table of Contents commences computer page 8.
 
==Further Reading==
* Shaukat, Lala Rukh, "Mystique of Murree" Lahore: Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd 2006 ISBN 969 0 01986 4. Article:[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/060820/books5.htm Queen of the hills] by Zahrah Nasir August 20, 2006 Dawn.com


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Revision as of 17:02, 27 January 2014

Peshawar
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.015112°N 71.582634°E
Altitude: 510 m (1,673 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Peshawar
State/Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP
Country: Pakistan
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During the British period Peshawar was the capital of North West Frontier Province and Peshawar District from 1901 until 1947. It was part of Punjab before then.

Spelling variants

Peshawer, Peshawur, Paishawar, Peyshawurr

Education

Churches

St John's Church

Cemeteries

Article "Peshawar’s Gora Qabristan : A Vanishing Landmark" by Dr. Ali Jan written c 2010 www.pakhtun.com. Peshawar's Historic Cemetery by Dr Ali Jan. Contains some of the same text, but also includes information about the 1918 flu pandemic. (archive.org links)

BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publications are

  • Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan by Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001). c900 MIs dating from 1849. 195pp, profusely illustrated and plans
  • Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II by Susan Farrington, 1991. More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries. 168pp, profusely illustrated and plan

See BACSA Books.

BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

The BACSA Archive at the British Library Mss F370 has items which may also be contained in the above books

  • 884 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials 1851-1864; register of graves, 1887-1888
  • 885 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1864-1870
  • 886 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1870-1879
  • 887 Peshawar and Cherat, Pakistan: burials at Peshawar, 1879-1890; burials at Cherat, 1879-1887
  • 888 Peshawar, Pakistan: burials, 1890-1933

For some memorial inscriptions from Peshawar , see Indian Cemeteries, including

Hospitals

Lady Reading Hospital

Forts

Balahisar

The hill cantonment at Cherat

Cherat is a cantonment located 34 miles south east from the city of Peshawar at an elevation of 4,500 feet on the west of the Khattak range.

External Links

Images

Historical books online

  • "Peshawur", page 160 The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church Missionary Society Giving an account of their foundation and progress for thirty-three years, from 1852 to 1884. Second edition, considerably enlarged, of a book entitled "Thirty years of missionary work of the C.M.S. in the Punjab and Sindh" by Robert Clark 1885 Archive.org
  • Peshawar Riot 23 April 1930 page 16 India in 1930-31 archive.org

References

  1. ↑ It is now under the jurisdiction of the Peshawar Diocese of the Church of Pakistan, see External Links above

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