List of forts in Pakistan

The following is a partial list of forts and castles in Pakistan:

Name	Location	Province/RegionF	Date of Completion	Ownership / Built by	Image	Notes
Sharda Castle[1]	Sharda, Neelam District	Kashmir
Throtchi Castle	Kotli District	Kashmir	1460
Baghsar Fort[2]	Samahni Valley, Bhimber	Kashmir		Mughal Empire[3]		Currently closed to visitors, due to it being right beside Line of Control between Pakistan and India.
Ramkot Fort	Mirpur	Kashmir	16–17th Century
Kargai Fort	Khuiratta, Kotli District	Kashmir				Also spelled as Karjai Fort.
Red Fort, Muzaffarabad	Muzaffarabad	Kashmir	1646	Sultan Muzaffar Khan		Locally, it is known as the "Rutta Qila" or just "qila".
Quetta Fort[4]	Quetta	Balochistan	1867	British Raj		Also known as Sandeman Fort.
Kalat Fort[5]	Kalat	Balochistan				The town of Kalat is said to have been founded by and named Qalat-e Sewa (Sewa's Fort), after Sewa, a legendary hero of the Baloch people.
Punno Fort[6]	Turbat	Balochistan				Also known as "Meeri Kalaat". Location 26°2′2″N 63°00′46″E / 26.03389°N 63.01278°E
Fort Munro	D.G.Khan	Punjab Pakistan	1800	John Munro, 9th of Teaninich		Locally, it is known as the "South Punjab Murree".
Mir Chakar Fort[7]	Sibi	Balochistan
Baltit Fort	Hunza Valley	Gilgit-Baltistan				Since 2004, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list.
Skardu Fort	Skardu	Gilgit-Baltistan
Altit Fort	Altit, Hunza Valley	Gilgit-Baltistan	11th Century
Shigar Fort	Shigar	Gilgit-Baltistan	17th Century	Amacha Dynasty		The Shigar Fort means The Fort on Rock.
Khaplu Fort	Khaplu, Ghanche District	Gilgit-Baltistan				It is locally known as Yabgo Khar, meaning "The fort on the roof".
Kalam Darchi Fort	Misgar Valley, Gojal	Gilgit-Baltistan	1933	British Raj		This fort was named after a naked saint and was built by British soldiers during 1932-33 to check the invasion and inflow of people from China and USSR through Wahkan corridor. It remained the abode of Gilgit Scouts.[8]
Bala Hisar Fort	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Chitral Fort[9]	Chitral	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa				35°51′19″N 71°47′30″E / 35.85528°N 71.79167°E
Drosh Fort	Chitral	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Chakdarra Fort[10]	Lower Dir District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1586	Mughal Empire		The Mughals built a fort here in 1586, occupied in 1895 by the British, who built the present fort in 1896. 34°38′50″N 72°01′42″E / 34.64722°N 72.02833°E
Malakand Fort	Malakand District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Handyside Fort	Kohat	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa		British Raj
Attock Fort	Attock Khurd, Attock	Punjab	1583	Mughal Emperor Akbar		Attock Fort was built at Attock Khurd during the reign of Akbar the Great from 1581 to 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi to protect the passage of the River Indus.
Rohtas Fort	Jhelum	Punjab	16th Century	Sher Shah Suri
Derawar Fort	Bahawalpur	Punjab		Rajput
Lahore Fort	Lahore	Punjab	1605	Mughal Emperor Akbar
Noor Mahal	Bahawalpur	Punjab	1875	Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan IV
Sadiq Garh Palace[11]	Bahawalpur	Punjab
Darbar Mahal[12]	Bahawalpur	Punjab
Pharwala Castle	Rawalpindi	Punjab	15th Century	Gakhars
Sheikhupura Fort[13]	Sheikhupura	Punjab	1607	Mughal Emperor Jahangir
Multan Fort	Multan	Punjab	800 - 1000 BC			The fort was destroyed by British forces.
Mankera Fort	Mankera, Bhakkar District	Punjab
Meer Garh Fort	Meer Garh	Punjab				29°10′26″N 72°37′15″E / 29.17389°N 72.62083°E
Marot Fort	Marot	Punjab		[14]		A ruined fortress town. 29°10′37″N 72°26′00″E / 29.17694°N 72.43333°E
Fort Abbas	Fort Abbas Tehsil, Bahawalnagar District	Punjab
Bavaani Fort	Sahiwal	Punjab
Shujabad Fort	Shujabad	Punjab
Nandana Fort	Chakwal	Punjab				Al-Beruni (973-1053 AD), the celebrated traveler, historian, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and scientist, came to the subcontinent in the period of Mehmood of Ghazni during 11th century. It was at Nandana, that he measured the circumference of the earth.[15]
Satghara	Okara District	Punjab				It is also believed to be the location of the tomb of Baloch king, Mir Chakar Rind (1468–1565).
Kot Diji Fort	Kot Diji, Khairpur District	Sindh	1795	Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur
Ranikot Fort	Jamshoro District	Sindh	17th Century			Ranikot Fort is also known as The Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world's largest fort with a circumference of approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi).[16] Since 1993, it has been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[17]
Naukot Fort	Tharparkar	Sindh
Fort Naukot	Naukot	Sindh				24°50′42″N 69°26′59″E / 24.84500°N 69.44972°E
Bhakar Fort	Sukkur	Sindh				27°41′46″N 68°53′3″E / 27.69611°N 68.88417°E
Sehwan Fort	Sehwan Sharif	Sindh
Mohatta Palace	Karachi	Sindh	1927	Shivratan Chandraratan Mohatta
Faiz Mahal	Khairpur	Sindh	1798	Talpurs
Qasim fort	Karachi	Sindh	18th Century CE	Talpur dynasty
Pacco Qillo	Hyderabad	Sindh	1768	Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
Umerkot Fort	Umerkot	Sindh
Kadiro Fort		Sindh
Rawat Fort	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory
Jamrud Fort	Jamrud, Khyber Agency	Federally Administered Tribal Areas	1836	Hari Singh Nalwa
Miranshah Fort	Miranshah, North Waziristan	Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Wana Fort	Wana, Pakistan, South Waziristan	Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Ali Masjid Fort	Khyber Agency	Federally Administrated Tribal Areas	1837	Dost Mohammad Khan

See also

• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Pakistan
• List of museums in Pakistan
• Lahore Fort
• Rohtas Fort
• Noor Mahal
• Derawar Fort

References

1. "Sharda Castle, Azad Kashmir".
2. "SAMAHNI VALLEY BHIMBER AZAD KASHMIR".
3. Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway, p. 186
4. "Quetta".
5. "Kalat Fort".
6. Pannu Fort Balochistan, Pakistan
7. The Historic Mir Chakar Khan Fort
8. Forts of Gilgit-Baltistan
9. "Chitral Fort".
10. "Forts of Pashtunkhwa".
11. "My Bahawalpur".
12. "The Bahawalpur Photo Gallery".
13. "Sheikhupura Fort".
14. http://pk.worldmapz.com/photo/16204_fr.htm
15. Nandana Fort
16. Ondaatje, Christopher (May 1996). Sindh revisited: a journey in the footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Burton : 1842-1849, the India years. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-00-255436-7.
17. "Ranikot Fort". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

External links

• Forts of Pakistan by Shaikh Muhammad Ali

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