List of forts in

Pakistan

The following is a partial list of forts and

castles in Pakistan:
 Date of Ownership /
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion Built by

Sharda,
Sharda
Neelam Azad Kashmir ram
Castle[1]
District

Throtchi
Kotli District Azad Kashmir 1460
Castle

Currently
closed to
visitors, due
Samahni it being right
Baghsar Mughal
Valley, Azad Kashmir beside Line o
Fort[2] Empire[3]
Bhimber Control
between
Pakistan and
India.

16–17th
Ramkot Fort Mirpur Azad Kashmir Gakhars
Century

Khuiratta, Also spelled

Kargai Fort Azad Kashmir
Kotli District Karjai Fort.

Locally, it is
Sultan
Red Fort, known as the
Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir 1646 Muzaffar
Muzaffarabad "Rutta Qila" o
Khan
just "qila".

Also known
Zhob Fort[4] Zhob Balochistan 1867 British Raj Sandeman
Fort.

Kalat Fort[5] Kalat Balochistan The town of

Kalat is said
have been
founded by a
named Qalat
Sewa (Sewa
Fort), after
 Sewa, a
legendary he
of the Baloch
people.

Also known
"Meeri Kalaa
Punno Fort[6] Turbat Balochistan Location
26°2′2″N
63°00′46″E

Locally, it is
John Munro,
known as the
Fort Munro D.G.Khan Punjab Pakistan 1800 9th of
"South Punja
Teaninich
Murree".

Sibi Fort[7] Sibi Balochistan

Since 2004,
has been on
Baltit Fort Hunza Valley Gilgit Baltistan the UNESCO
World Herita
Tentative list

Skardu Fort Skardu Gilgit Baltistan

Altit, Hunza 11th

Altit Fort Gilgit Baltistan
Valley Century

The Shigar F
17th Amacha
Shigar Fort Shigar Gilgit Baltistan means The
Century Dynasty
Fort on Rock

It is locally
known as
Khaplu,
Yabgo Khar,
Khaplu Fort Ghanche Gilgit Baltistan
meaning "Th
District
fort on the
roof".

Kalam Darchi Misgar Valley, Gilgit Baltistan 1933 British Raj This fort was
Fort Gojal named after
naked saint
 and was buil
by British
soldiers duri
1932-33 to
check the
invasion and
inflow of
people from
China and
USSR throug
Wahkan
corridor. It
remained the
abode of Gilg
Scouts.[8]

Bala Hisar Khyber also known a

Peshawar
Fort Pakhtunkhwa Qila Balahisa

Khyber 35°51′19″N
Chitral Fort[9] Chitral
Pakhtunkhwa 71°47′30″E

Mastuj Khyber
Mastuj
Fort[10] Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber
Drosh Fort Chitral
Pakhtunkhwa

The Mughals
built a fort he
in 1586,
occupied in
1895 by the
Chakdarra Lower Dir Khyber Mughal
1586 British, who
Fort[11] District Pakhtunkhwa Empire
built the
present fort
1896.
34°38′50″N
72°01′42″E

Malakand Malakand Khyber

Fort District Pakhtunkhwa

Handyside Khyber
Kohat British Raj
Fort Pakhtunkhwa

Attock Fort
was built at
Attock Khurd
during the
reign of Akba
the Great fro
Mughal 1581 to 1583
Attock Khurd,
Attock Fort Punjab 1583 Emperor under the
Attock
Akbar supervision o
Khawaja
Shamsuddin
Khawafi to
protect the
passage of t
River Indus.

16th Sher Shah

Rohtas Fort Jhelum Punjab
Century Suri

Derawar Fort Bahawalpur Punjab Rajput

Mughal
Lahore Fort Lahore Punjab 1605 Emperor
Akbar

Nawab Sadiq
Noor Mahal Bahawalpur Punjab 1875 Muhammad
Khan IV

Sadiq Garh
Bahawalpur Punjab
Palace[12]

Darbar
Bahawalpur Punjab
Mahal[13]

Pharwala 15th
Rawalpindi Punjab Gakhars
Castle Century

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura Punjab 1607 Mughal

Fort[14] Emperor
Jahangir

The fort was

800 - 1000
Multan Fort Multan Punjab destroyed by
BC
British force

Mankera,
Mankera Fort Bhakkar Punjab
District

Meer Garh 29°10′26″N

Meer Garh Punjab
Fort 72°37′15″E

A ruined

[15]
fortress tow
Marot Fort Marot Punjab
29°10′37″N
72°26′00″E

Fort Abbas
Tehsil,
Fort Abbas Punjab
Bahawalnagar
District

Bavaani Fort Sahiwal Punjab

Shujabad Fort Shujabad Punjab

Nandana Fort Chakwal Punjab Al-Beruni (97

1053 AD), th
celebrated
traveler,
historian,
philosopher,
mathematici
astronomer
and scientist
came to the
subcontinen
the period of
Mehmood of
Ghazni durin
 the 11th
century. It wa
at Nandana,
that he
measured th
circumferenc
of the earth.

It is also
believed to b
the location
the tomb of
Satghara Okara District Punjab
Baloch king,
Mir Chakar
Rind (1468–
1565).

Kot Diji,
Mir Sohrab
Kot Diji Fort Khairpur Sindh 1795
Khan Talpur
District

Ranikot Fort Jamshoro Sindh 17th Ranikot Fort

District Century also known a
The Great W
of Sindh and
believed to b
the world's
largest fort
with a
circumferenc
of
approximate
26 kilometre
(16 mi).[17]
Since 1993,
has been on
the tentative
list of UNESC
 World Herita
Sites.[18]

Naukot Fort Tharparkar Sindh

24°50′42″N
Fort Naukot Naukot Sindh
69°26′59″E

27°41′46″N
Bhakar Fort Sukkur Sindh
68°53′3″E

Sehwan
Sehwan Fort Sindh
Sharif

Shivratan
Mohatta
Karachi Sindh 1927 Chandraratan
Palace
Mohatta

Faiz Mahal Khairpur Sindh 1798 Talpurs

18th Talpur
Qasim fort Karachi Sindh
Century CE dynasty

Mian Ghulam
Pacco Qillo Hyderabad Sindh 1768
Shah Kalhoro

Umerkot Fort Umerkot Sindh Rajput

Kadiro Fort Sindh

Islamabad
Rawat Fort Islamabad Gakhars
Capital Territory

Jamrud,
Hari Singh
Jamrud Fort Khyber FATA 1836
Nalwa
Agency

Miranshah,
Miranshah
North FATA
Fort
Waziristan

Wana,
Pakistan,
Wana Fort FATA
South
Waziristan

Ali Masjid Khyber FATA 1837 Dost

Fort Agency Mohammad
Khan

Rahim Yar Raja Rawal

Islam Garh [19]
Khan . Khan Punjab 1665 Siri Bheem
Fort
Pur Singh

Moj Garh Fort

Bijnot Fort

Deen Garh [20]

Fort

Khair Garh
Fort

Nawan Kot
Fort

Jaam Garh
Fort

Khan Garh
Fort Rahim Yar
Khan, Khan Punjab
Khair Garh
pur
Fort

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

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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 Sibi Fort
8. Forts of Gilgit-Baltistan
9. "Chitral Fort" .
10.
http://www.hindukush.com.pk/index.php/m
astij-fort
11. "Forts of Pashtunkhwa" .
12. "My Bahawalpur" .
13. "The Bahawalpur Photo Gallery" .
14. "Sheikhupura Fort" .
15.
http://pk.worldmapz.com/photo/16204_fr.
htm
16. Nandana Fort
17. 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.
18. "Ranikot Fort" . UNESCO. Retrieved
20 November 2013.
19. Iqbal, Shahid (28 March 2002). "Islam
Garh Fort out of sorts" . DAWN.COM.
RAHIM YAR KHAN. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
20. "Documentry on Qila Deen Garh" . Radio
Pakistan. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May
2017.

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