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'''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 '''[[Hazara Galis|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>
"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:<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>
[[Bara Gali]] about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment, occupied in the hot summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_431.gif "Bara Gali"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6'', page 425</ref>(Spelling variants: Bara Gali/Baragully)
[[Ghora Dakka Dakha]] was a small cantonment on the road between Dunga Gali and Murree, 3 miles from the former and 15 from the latter place. During the summer months it was occupied by a detachment of British infantry.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_242.gif "Ghora Dakka"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12'', page 236</ref> (Spelling variants Ghora/Gora Dakka/Dhaka)
[[Kalabagh (Murree Hills)|Kalabagh]] was a small cantonment on the road between [[Abbottabad]] and Murree. During the summer months it was occupied by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at Rawalpindi in the winter.
(Spelling variants: Kalabagh/ Kala Bagh)
[[Khaira Gali ]] was a small cantonment on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, also occupied in the summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<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> (Spelling variants : Khaira/ Khair/ Khyra Gali/ Galli/ Khyragilly/ Khyragully)
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
===Military Hospitals===
In 1899 the were military hospitals at
*Baragully[[Bara Gali]]: 10 Beds*Camp [[Gharial]]: 40 Beds
*Camp Thobba:14 Beds
*Camp Upper Topa: 16 Beds
*Camp Lower Topa: 25 Beds
*[[Ghora DhakaDakha]]: 30 Tents
*Kalabagh: 15 Beds
*Khyragully: 10 Beds
*Kuldunnah: 60 Beds
*[[Murree ]] C.D: 43 Beds<ref>[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/175.html Military Hospitals 1899] scarletfinders.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2014</ref>
===Postcards and photographs of the cantonments===
