Heritage record
Baghsar Fort
Azad Jammu and KashmirFortProtected
The fort is located around 12 km from Samahni town, Bhimber. The fort is built with brick laid in lime mortar, with multi-faceted structure. These four storied structures have played an important role in the history during the times of Ahmed Shah Abdali, Ranjit Singh and Gulab Singh. It is said that the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, on his way back from the Kashmir Valley, fell ill and ultimately died in this fort. It is tentatively assigned to the 16th century CE.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6665
- Province / territory
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- District
- Bhimber
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by Azad Jammu & Kashmir Preservation and Protection of Antiquities Act, 1986 (instrument: Protected by Azad Jammu & Kashmir Preservation and Protection of Antiquities Act, 1986)
- Coordinates
- 33.03970, 74.20669 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020.
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