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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.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.
*[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.
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