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

Throtchi
Kotli District Azad Kashmir 1460
Castle

Currently
closed to
visitors, d
Samahni it being rig
Baghsar Mughal
Valley, Azad Kashmir beside Li
Fort[1] Empire [2]
Bhimber Control
between
Pakistan a
India.

16–17th
Ramkot Fort Mirpur Azad Kashmir Gakhars
Century

Khuiratta, Also spel

Kargai Fort Azad Kashmir
Kotli District as Karjai F

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

Also know
Zhob Fort[3] Zhob Balochistan 1867 British Raj Sandema
Fort.
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

The town
Kalat is s
have been
founded b
and name
Kalat Fort[4] Kalat Balochistan Qalat- e Se
(Sewa's F
after Sew
legendary
of the Bal
people.

Also know
"Meeri Ka
Location
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Locally, it
John Munro,
known as
Fort Munro D.G.Khan Punjab Pakistan 1800 9th of
"South Pu
Teaninich
Murree".

Sibi Fort[6] Sibi Balochistan

 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Since 200
has been
the UNES
Baltit Fort Hunza Valley Gilgit Baltistan
World
Heritage
Tentative

Skardu Fort Skardu Gilgit Baltistan

Altit, Hunza
Altit Fort Gilgit Baltistan 11th Century
Valley

The Shiga
Amacha Fort mean
Shigar Fort Shigar Gilgit Baltistan 17th Century
Dynasty The Fort o
Rock.

It is locall
known as
Khaplu,
Yabgo Kh
Khaplu Fort Ghanche Gilgit Baltistan
meaning "
District
fort on the
roof".
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

This fort w
named aft
naked sai
and was b
by British
soldiers
during 193
33 to chec
Misgar Valley,
Kalam Darchi the invasi
Gojal(Upper Gilgit Baltistan 1933 British Raj
Fort and inflow
Hunza)
people fro
China and
USSR thro
Wahkan
corridor. It
remained
abode of
Scouts.[7]

Bala Hisar Khyber also know

Peshawar
Fort Pakhtunkhwa Qila Balah

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 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Khyber
Mastuj Fort[9] Mastuj
Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber
Drosh Fort Chitral
Pakhtunkhwa

The Mugh
built a for
here in 15
occupied
1895 by t
British, wh
built the
present fo
1896.
Chakdarra Lower Dir Khyber Mughal 34°38′50″
1586
Fort[10] District Pakhtunkhwa Empire 72°01′42″
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Malakand Malakand Khyber

Fort District Pakhtunkhwa

Handyside Khyber
Kohat British Raj
Fort Pakhtunkhwa
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Attock Fo
was built
Attock Kh
during the
reign of A
the Great
1581 to 1
Mughal
Attock Khurd, under the
Attock Fort Punjab 1583 Emperor
Attock supervisi
Akbar
Khawaja
Shamsudd
Khawafi to
protect th
passage o
the River
Indus.

Sher Shah
Rohtas Fort Jhelum Punjab 16th Century
Suri

Derawar Fort Bahawalpur Punjab Rajput

Mughal
Lahore Fort Lahore Punjab 1605 Emperor
Akbar

Mughal
Malot Fort Chakwal Punjab 1527 Emperor
Babur

Darbar
Bahawalpur Punjab
Mahal[11]

Pharwala
Rawalpindi Punjab 15th Century Gakhars
Castle
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Mughal
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura Punjab 1607 Emperor
Fort[12]
Jahangir

The fort w
800 - 1000
Multan Fort Multan Punjab destroyed
BC
British for

Mankera,
Mankera Fort Bhakkar Punjab
District

29°10′26″
72°37′15″
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 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

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Fort Abbas
Tehsil,
Fort Abbas Punjab
Bahawalnagar
District

Bavaani Fort Sahiwal Punjab

Shujabad Fort Shujabad Punjab

 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Al- Beruni
(973- 1053
AD), the
celebrate
traveler,
historian,
philosoph
mathemat
astronom
and scien
came to t
Nandana Fort Chakwal Punjab
subcontin
in the per
of Mehmo
of Ghazni
during the
century. It
at Nandan
that he
measured
circumfer
of the ear

It is also
believed t
the locatio
the tomb
Satghara Okara District Punjab
Baloch kin
Mir Chaka
Rind (146
1565).

Kot Diji,
Mir Sohrab
Kot Diji Fort Khairpur Sindh 1795
Khan Talpur
District
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Ranikot Fo
also know
The Great
of Sindh a
believed t
the world
largest fo
with a
circumfer
of
Jamshoro
Ranikot Fort Sindh 17th Century approxima
District
26 kilome
(16 mi).[15
Since 199
has been
the tentat
list of
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Sites.[16]

Naukot Fort Tharparkar Sindh

24°50′42″
69°26′59″
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 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

27°41′46″
68°53′3″E
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Sehwan
Sehwan Fort Sindh
Sharif

18th Century Talpur

Qasim fort Karachi Sindh
CE dynasty

Mian Ghulam
Pacco Qillo Hyderabad Sindh 1768
Shah Kalhoro

Umerkot Fort Umerkot Sindh Rajput

Kadiro Fort Sindh

Islamabad Capital
Rawat Fort Islamabad Gakhars
Territory

Jamrud,
Hari Singh
Jamrud Fort Khyber FATA 1836
Nalwa
Agency

Miranshah,
Miranshah
North FATA
Fort
Waziristan

Wana,
Pakistan,
Wana Fort FATA
South
Waziristan
 Date of Ownership
Name Location Province/Region Image Notes
Completion / Built by

Dost
Ali Masjid Khyber
FATA 1837 Mohammad
Fort Agency
Khan

Khanpur, Raja Rawal

Islam Garh [17]
Rahim Yar Punjab 1665 Siri Bheem
Fort
Khan District Singh

Moj Garh Fort

Cholistan
Desert in
Bijnot Fort Punjab
Bahawalpur
District

Deen Garh [18]

Fort

Khanpur,
Khair Garh
Rahim Yar Punjab
Fort
Khan District

Nawan Kot
Fort

Jaam Garh
Fort

Khanpur,
Khan Garh
Rahim Yar Punjab
Fort
Khan District

Mauj Garh
Bahawalpur Punjab
Fort

See also

References
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