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'''Ramkot Fort''' ({{lang-ur|قلعہ رام کوٹ|Qila Ram Kot}}) or (''AzizKot Fort'') is an ancient fort in [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]], [[Azad Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/559903-fort-forlorn-forsaken|title=Fort forlorn and forsaken &#124; Footloose|website=The News International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/328768/ramkot-fort-centuries-old-kashmiri-heritage-site-on-the-verge-of-destruction|title=Ramkot Fort: Centuries-old Kashmiri heritage site on the verge of destruction|date=January 29, 2012|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
'''Ramkot Fort''' ({{lang-ur|قلعہ رام کوٹ|Qila Ram Kot}}) is an ancient fort in [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]], [[Azad Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/559903-fort-forlorn-forsaken|title=Fort forlorn and forsaken &#124; Footloose|website=The News International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/328768/ramkot-fort-centuries-old-kashmiri-heritage-site-on-the-verge-of-destruction|title=Ramkot Fort: Centuries-old Kashmiri heritage site on the verge of destruction|date=January 29, 2012|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 09:35, 12 April 2023

Ramkot Fort
View of Ramkot Fort
Map
General information
LocationDadyal, Mirpur district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Construction started16th century AD

Ramkot Fort (Template:Lang-ur) is an ancient fort in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.[1][2]

History

The fort was built by a Gakkhar, named Sultan Sarang Khan Ghakkar, in 16th century.[3][4] It is located on the edges of the Mangla Dam.[3]

Syed Aziz Badshah, a well-known politician of Dadyal associated with Khanyara Sharif, rescued the fort from the Sikhs with heavy weapons and named it Aziz Kot.[5]

  • Landscape view
    Landscape view
  • Bird's eye view
    Bird's eye view
  • Courtyard
    Courtyard

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fort forlorn and forsaken | Footloose". The News International.
  2. ^ "Ramkot Fort: Centuries-old Kashmiri heritage site on the verge of destruction". The Express Tribune. January 29, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Ali, Aown (July 3, 2015). "Ramkot Fort: The crumbling giant of Azad Kashmir". DAWN.COM.
  4. ^ "Ramkot Fort, Mirpur, Pakistan". Asian Architecture.
  5. ^ "Khanyara Sharif".
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