Multan Fort
Former fort in Punjab, Pakistan
The Multan Fort was a historic fort in the city of Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. It was built on a hillock separated from the city by the Ravi River. The fort was destroyed in 1849 by British forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.
The walls of the fort were built by the Mughal prince Murad Bakhsh in the 17th century. The fort was notable for both its effectiveness as a defence installation and for its architecture. The famed Multan Sun Temple was located within the fort premises. Contemporary reports put the walls of the fort at 40 to 70 feet (21 m) high and 6,800 feet (2 km) in circumference. The fort had 46 bastions which included two flanking towers at each of the four gates (the De, Sikki, Hareri and Khizri Gates). A ditch 25 feet (7.6 m) deep and 40 feet (12 m) wide and an 18-foot (5.5 m) glacis protected the fort from intruders.
Within the fort stood a citadel flanked by 30 towers, enclosing a Hindu temple and a governor's palace. The citadel was severely damaged by the battering it got from the guns during the siege in 1818.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- The Storming of Mooltan, 2nd Jan 1849.jpg by J. Harris after Henry Martens, Public domain
- The 1st Bombay European Fusiliers storming the Breach at the Koonee Boorg, 1849.jpg by A. Maclure after J. Dunlop, Public domain
- Plate 21. NE side of fort, Funeral procession of Vans Agnew and S. Andersen.jpg by Andrew Maclure / After John Dunlop, Public domain
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