Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Murree

738 bytes added, 00:14, 1 December 2013
no edit summary
'''The surrounding area of Murree Hills'''
<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([http://web.archive.org/web/20130615155915/http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/cffe1/13f58f/ archive.org] link)</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 (Bharian). In 1901 this area became part of [[Hazara District]] , [[North West Frontier Province]]
<br>Tret is situated 40 kilometers from Rawalpindi on the main road to Muree. <br>
==Cantonments==
"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]([http://web.archive.org/web/20130813052435/http://www.abbottabadonline.com/ archive.org] link)</ref>
In 1907:
*[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/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 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20131119011023/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/5th_RWK_Muree_India.jpg archive.org] link)*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(archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20131119011146/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/03.jpg 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131119011250/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/04.jpg 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131119011425/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/05.jpg 3], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131119011612/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/08.jpg 4])
==Also see==
29,525
edits

Navigation menu