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typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kot Diji Fort"><img alt="Kot Diji Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Kot Diji Fort (Pakistan)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Pakistan</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other places with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Ahmadabad_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Ahmadabad (disambiguation)">Kot Diji Fort</a>.</div><p>The <b>Kot Diji Fort</b> (<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">کوٹ ڈیجی قلعہ</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a>: <span lang="sd" dir="rtl">ڪوٽ ڏيجي جو قلعو</span>; <i>Fort of the Daughter</i>), formally known as <b>Fort Ahmadabad</b>, is an 18th-century <a href="/wiki/Talpur_dynasty" title="Talpur dynasty">Talpur</a>-era fort located in the town of <a href="/wiki/Kot_Diji" title="Kot Diji">Kot Diji</a> in <a href="/wiki/Khairpur_District" title="Khairpur District">Khairpur District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, about 25 miles east of the <a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus River</a> at the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a>. The fort sits above a pre-<a href="/wiki/Harappan_Civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Harappan Civilization">Harappan Civilization</a> archaeological site dating to 2500 to 2800 <a href="/wiki/Before_common_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Before common era">B.C.E.</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kot_Diji_Fort&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kot Diji Fort was built by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between 1785 and 1795.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site sits on a hill at the southern end of the Rohri Hills, and sits above a prehistoric mound of the same name, where remains of a pre-<a href="/wiki/Harappan_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Harappan civilization">Harappan civilization</a> have been found.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kot_Diji_Fort&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg/150px-Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg/225px-Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg/300px-Kot_Diji_Fort_Gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Gate of Kot Diji Fort</figcaption></figure> <p>The fort sits atop a 110 foot tall high hill that rises above the city of <a href="/wiki/Kot_Diji" title="Kot Diji">Kot Diji</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fort's 30 foot tall walls encircle the uppermost portion of the fort,<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulting a narrow-width fortress with perimeter of 1.8 kilometres.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fort contains three strategically placed towers that are each 50 feet tall.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fort contains several sites for cannon placement, and contains numerous inner passages for protection.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fort also contains a water reservoir, munition storage, prison, courtroom, numerous cells for security personnel, and a small regal residence.<sup id="cite_ref-Khan_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservation">Conservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kot_Diji_Fort&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a> has declared it a protected heritage site in Pakistan, though it has been noted that portions of the fort are under control of powerful local families.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kot_Diji_Fort&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the forts defensive outer walls."><img alt="A view of the forts defensive outer walls." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg/120px-Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg/180px-Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg/240px-Boundry_of_Kot_Digi_Fort.jpg 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155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Entry way to the fort."><img alt="Entry way to the fort." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG/120px-Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG/180px-Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG/240px-Kot_Diji_Fort_by_smn121-2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="1382" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Entry way to the fort.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kot_Diji_Fort_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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