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Fort of Bakhtiyar Khan

SindhFortProtected
The ruins of this fort are found in the Khairpur city in the Burro Mohallah. This was a fortified kot, but recently it is in totally ruined state, only southern wall is left which is occupied by the locals, new houses are also built there. There are twenty eight ruined bastions visible. All the construction is made with mud. This fort is probably associated to Talpur period of Sindh.
Record ID
6983
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Shikarpur
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Fort
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
27.95469, 68.63598 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums, Islamabad.. (1995-2001). Survey and Documentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments (1995-2001). Unpublished Survey by Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums.

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