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List of forts in Pakistan

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

Name Location Province/Region Date of Completion Ownership / Built by Image Notes
Baghsar Fort Bhimber District Azad Kashmir Mughal Empire[1] Currently closed to visitors, due to it being right beside Line of Control between Pakistan and India.[2]
Throchi Fort Kotli District Azad Kashmir 1460
Ramkot Fort Mirpur District Azad Kashmir 16–17th Century Gakhars
Red Fort, Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad District Azad Kashmir 1646 Sultan Muzaffar Khan Locally, it is known as the "Rutta Qila" or just "qila".
Karjai Fort Kotli District Azad Kashmir [3]
Mangla Fort Mirpur District Azad Kashmir
Zhob Fort Zhob District Balochistan 1867 British Raj Also known as Sandeman Fort.[4]
Kharan Fort Kharan District Balochistan
Sandeman Fort Zhob District Balochistan
Kalat Fort Kalat District Balochistan Khanate of Kalat 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.[5]
Sassi Punnu Fort Turbat District Balochistan Also known as "Meeri Kalaat".[6] Location 26°2′2″N 63°00′46″E / 26.03389°N 63.01278°E / 26.03389; 63.01278
Sibi Fort Sibi District Balochistan [7]
Baltit Fort Hunza District Gilgit Baltistan Since 2004, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list.
Skardu Fort Skardu District Gilgit Baltistan
Altit Fort Hunza District Gilgit Baltistan 11th Century
Shigar Fort Shigar District Gilgit Baltistan 17th Century Amacha Dynasty The Shigar Fort means The Fort on Rock.
Khaplu Fort Ghanche District Gilgit Baltistan It is locally known as Yabgo Khar, meaning "The fort on the roof".
Kalam Darchi Fort Hunza District 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]
Shagai Fort Khyber District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1927
Harkishan Garh Fort Haripur District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1822–23 Sikh Empire
Fort Munro D.G.Khan Punjab 1800 British Raj Damis Lake, Fort Munro Locally, it is known as the "South Punjab Murree".
Bala Hisar Fort Peshawar District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also known as Qila Balahisar
Chitral Fort Chitral District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chitral State [9]35°51′19″N 71°47′30″E / 35.85528°N 71.79167°E / 35.85528; 71.79167
Mastuj Fort Chitral District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [10]
Chakdarra Fort 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.[11] 34°38′50″N 72°01′42″E / 34.64722°N 72.02833°E / 34.64722; 72.02833
Birmoghlasht Summer Fort Lower Chitral District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Malakand Fort Malakand District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Handyside Fort Kohat District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa British Raj
Jamrud Fort Khyber District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1836 Sikh Empire
Ali Masjid Fort Khyber District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1837 Dost Mohammad Khan
Sangni Fort Rawalpindi District Punjab 19th Century Sikh Empire
Sialkot Fort Sialkot District Punjab 2nd Century Raja Sálbán
Attock Fort Attock District 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 District Punjab 16th Century Sher Shah Suri
Derawar Fort Bahawalpur District Punjab Rajput
Lahore Fort Lahore District Punjab 1605 Mughal Emperor Akbar
Malot Fort Chakwal District Punjab 1527 Mughal Emperor Babur
Pharwala Castle Rawalpindi District Punjab 15th Century Gakhars
Sheikhupura Fort Sheikhupura Punjab 1607 Mughal Emperor Jahangir [12]
Rawat Fort Rawalpindi District Punjab Gakhars
Islamgarh Fort Rahim Yar Khan District Punjab 1665 Raja Rawal Siri Bheem SinghRajput [13]
Moj Garh Fort Bahawalnagar District Punjab Rajput [14]
Bijnot Fort Bahawalpur District Punjab
Deen Garh Fort [15]
Multan Fort Multan District Punjab 800 - 1000 BC The fort was destroyed by British forces.
Mankera Fort Bhakkar District Punjab
Marot Fort Bahawalnagar District Punjab A ruined fortress town.[16] 29°10′37″N 72°26′00″E / 29.17694°N 72.43333°E / 29.17694; 72.43333
Fort Abbas Bahawalnagar District Punjab
Nandana Fort Jhelum District 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 the 11th century. It was at Nandana, that he measured the circumference of the earth.[17]
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 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).[18] Since 1993, it has been on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[19]
Naukot Fort Tharparkar District Sindh
Bukkur Fort Sukkur District Sindh 27°41′46″N 68°53′3″E / 27.69611°N 68.88417°E / 27.69611; 68.88417
Dalel Dero Fort Shaheed Benazirabad District Sindh
Sehwan Fort Jamshoro District Sindh
Qasim Fort Karachi District Sindh 18th Century CE Talpur dynasty
Pacco Qillo Hyderabad District Sindh 1768 Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
Umerkot Fort Umerkot District Sindh Rajput

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References

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  1. ^ Singh, Sarina (2008), Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway, p. 186, ISBN 9781741045420
  2. ^ "SAMAHNI VALLEY BHIMBER AZAD KASHMIR".
  3. ^ "قلعہ کرجائی | مرزا فرقان حنیف | آرٹیکل | پریس فار پیس". March 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "PakistanPaedia - Quetta". www.pakistanpaedia.com.
  5. ^ "Kalat Fort".
  6. ^ Travel, Trango. "Pannu Fort Balochistan, Pakistan".
  7. ^ "The Historic Sibi Fort".
  8. ^ "Forts of Gilgit-Baltistan".
  9. ^ "Chitral 1895 - the fort under siege". www.devonheritage.org.
  10. ^ "Hindukush Heights".
  11. ^ "Forts of Pashtunkhwa :: Khyber.ORG". www.khyber.org. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012.
  12. ^ "Sheikhupura Fort".
  13. ^ Iqbal, Shahid (28 March 2002). "Islam Garh Fort out of sorts". DAWN.COM. RAHIM YAR KHAN. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Derelict Moj Garh Fort in desperate need of renovation". The Express Tribune. July 25, 2017.
  15. ^ "Documentry on Qila Deen Garh". Radio Pakistan. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Online Background Check - Criminal History Background Check | Radaris".
  17. ^ "Nandana Fort". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Ranikot Fort". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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