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[[Cherat]] was a small cantonment located closer to [[Peshawar]]
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-india-old-postcard-charat-hill-at-murree-hills-for-sale-110258 Postcard: Charat Hill, Murree]
**[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_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_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_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://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://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,
*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]
move Cherat references to Cherat
[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]]
<br>Tret is situated 40 kilometers from Rawalpindi on the main road to Muree. <br>
The location of [[Cherat]] or Charat is sometimes described as Murree, or Murree Hills, but it this description is thought to be the incorrect. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherat Cherat] ] is located in the hills closer to near [[Peshawar]].
==Military history==
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
===Postcards and photographs of the cantonments===
*[http://www.stamps-auction.com/pakistan-old-rp-postcard-gharrial-barracks-murree-hills-for-sale-117064 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] ebay
*[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://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
*[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
**[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]
**[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.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
*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
==Also see==
*[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 belowPeshawar]] 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://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.
*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
