Category forts

28 Apr

Naukot Fort, Tharparkar

Naukot Fort, Tharparkar  Forts Email Naukot fort is situated about 1½ mile from the Naukot town, which lies on edge of the desert in District Thar. The fort is said to have been constructed by Mir Karam Ali Khan Talpur in 1814 A.D. it is roughly square in plan measuring 640×600 feet. The fortification wall

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28 Apr

Bakhar Fort (Island), Sukkur

Bakhar Fort (Island), Sukkur  Forts Email Entire area of Bakhar Fort including the wall and tomb of Hazrat Khatib Sadaruddin Muhammad, Rohri – Sukkur It is a small island in River Indus located between the tombs of Sukkur and Rohri. The entire island falls within the Fort as the fortification wall runs on the outer

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28 Apr

Fort of Kotdiji, District Khairpur

Fort Of Kotdiji, District Khairpur  Forts Email Khairpur is a large district of Sindh with several historical sites & monuments; the fort of KOTDIJI is one of them. The former ruler of Khairpur state Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur founded three forts to safeguard the frontiers of his rule. Those were “Shah Garh”, towards Jodhpur –

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28 Apr

Kalan Kot, Thatta

Kalan Kot, Thatta  Forts Email Located on Makli Hills on south of the Archaeological campus at a distance of about five miles are the extensive remains of a ruined fort once known as “Kalan Kot” or Tughlaqabad. This fort, according to Tarikh-i-Masumi, is said to have been constructed by Mirza Jani Baig somewhere in the

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28 Apr

Umerkot Fort, Umerkot

Umerkot Fort, Umerkot  Forts Email Umerkot, the fort of Umer as it means was found by Umer, the first king of the Soomro dynasty (1050-1350) A.D. the town has a conspicuous fort which was perhaps built by one of the Soomra rulers. In the first half of the 13th century, the fort was occupied by the

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28 Apr

Rani Kot (Fort) Jamshoro

Rani Kot (Fort) Jamshoro  Forts Email About seventy five miles north-west of Hyderabad on barren range of hills, a gigantic fortification wall runs up and down the contours of the country. The wall which is over 22 miles in length encircles hillocks which appear to have never been inhabited by any regular population. This wall

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