Heritage record
Kotla Mohsin Khan
Khyber PakhtunkhwaGateProtected
A historic gate of a fort that has survived. Kotla means a small fortified residence. According to one legend, it was founded over a high mound in 2nd half of 16th century by the noted Mughal Mansabdar Arbab Mustajab Khan Momand in the presence of two renowned spiritual figures Hazrat Kaka Sahib Rahmkar and Akhund Dirwaiza Baba. It is spread over an area of 10 hectares of land. It is a three-storey structure, the second floor comprises small rooms and a compound while its third floor contains security posts along with two rooms.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 3475
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Peshawar
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Gate
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act, 2016 (instrument: Protected by The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act, 2016)
- Coordinates
- 33.99195, 71.55219 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Azeem, Abdul. (2020). Preliminary Report on Survey of Heritage Sites and Monuments along the Grand Trunk Road from Peshawar to Lahore. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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