Heritage record
Derawar Fort
PunjabFortProtected
One of the most impressive architecturally and also the best preserved fort, not much of its early history is known until the fort was captured by the first Nawab of Bahawalpur, Sadiq Muhammad Khan in 1733 CE. Derawar fort is reported to have had forty towers (bastions), originally, a well inside and a large tank outside. It is a square fort, measuring 205m across with a gate on its southern side. Most of the bastions are still intact.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6959
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Bahawalpur
- 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
- 28.76778, 71.33389 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Mughal, Mohammad Rafique. (1997). Forts in Cholistan. Ancient Cholistan, Archaeology and Architecture.
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