Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Rewat Fort Located at Rewat City District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan


All these Photographs Are of English/Urdu Commemorative Board, Fort Plan Board and Interior and Exterior of Hundreds of years Old Rewat Fort Located at Rewat City District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
It is written on The commemorative board of Rewat Fort:

' Government of Pakistan
Department of Archaeology & Museums Islamabad
Rewat Fort
Rewat, a Corruption of an Arabic word "Rebat Meaning Sarai seems originally to be an ancient Sarai." This small fortress Sarai appears to have been built during The Sultanate period in early 15 th century A.D. This elegant little stone fortress is however also curiously associated with The name of Masud son of famous Mahmud of Ghazna (1039 A.D). Where is said to have been  to have been arrested by his rebellious soldiers and eventually murdered in The fort of Giri near Taxila; and subsequently with The name of famous Ghakhar chief Sarang Khan who fell with his sixteen sons fighting against Sher shah Suri and buried within precinct of this monument. This fort contains two gateways on North and East, a three domed mosque in The middle of The Western wing, an octagonal single domed 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 quadrangle inner face of The defence walls overlooking The inner courtyard.'

Photography by Syed Muzamil Hussain ji.














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