Pakistan · 18th century
Kot Diji Fort ranks #5,103 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 31 mapped in Pakistan. Founded 1785, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Pakistan compares in the castle statistics.
Kot Diji Fort (Balochi: کوٹ دیجی قلعہ) (Sindhi: ڪوٽ ڏيجي جو قلعو; lit. 'Fort of the Daughter'), formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, is an 18th-century Talpur-era citadel located in the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan, about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Thar Desert. Kot Diji Fort was built between 1785 and 1795 by the Talpur Dynasty during the reign of Mir Sohrab Khan.
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