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<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://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.
'''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*[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
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