Heritage record
Rawat Fort
IslamabadFortProtected
Rawat, a corruption of an Arabic word Rebat meaning Sarai seems originally to be an ancient Sarai situated about 18 km from Rawalpindi towards Jhelum close to the G.T. Road. The present small fortress-Sarai appears to have been built during the Sultanate period in early 15th Century CE. The fort in its present condition contains two gateways on north and east, a three domes mosque in the middle of the western wing, an octagonal single dome mausoleum on the north-western corner, partly obstructing the frontage of the mosque and numerous scattered graves inside. There are regular rows of identical living cells along the four sides of the quadrangular inner face of the defense walls overlooking the inner courtyard.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6232
- Province / territory
- Islamabad
- District
- Islamabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 33.49810, 73.19420 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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