Skardu Fort

Coordinates: 35°18′15″N 75°38′22″E / 35.30406°N 75.63957°E / 35.30406; 75.63957
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Kharpocho Fort
قلعہ کھرپوچو
A view of fort from the foot of Mont Kharpocho
LocationSkardu, Gilgit-Baltistan
Coordinates35°18′15″N 75°38′22″E / 35.30406°N 75.63957°E / 35.30406; 75.63957
Built16th Century CE
Skardu Fort is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Skardu Fort
Location of Kharpocho Fort
قلعہ کھرپوچو in Gilgit Baltistan
Skardu Fort is located in Pakistan
Skardu Fort
Skardu Fort (Pakistan)
Dogra fort in 1850

Skardu Fort or Kharpocho (

Urdu: قلعہ سکردو), meaning The king of Forts, is a fort in Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Australian mountaineer and film maker Greg Child writes that the fort is "perched above the junction of the rivers" and overlooks the Rock of Skardu.[1]

History

The fort was built by king Ali Sher Khan Anchan at the end of the sixteenth century.[2] During his invasion of Baltistan in 1840, the Dogra general Zorawar Singh stormed it and razed it to the ground.[3][4]

Dogra Fort

Zorawar Singh had another fort built on level ground next to the Kharpocho hill. The fort remained till the

Jammu and Kashmir State Forces under the command of Lt. Col. Sher Jung Thapa. Thapa eventually surrendered after running out of rations.[5][6] [7]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skardu Fort.

Gallery

  • Kharpocho fort
    Kharpocho fort
  • Entrance to the Skardu Fort
    Entrance to the Skardu Fort
  • The ancient mosque at the fort
    The ancient mosque at the fort
  • A 1924 photo of the Mosque in Skardu Fort
    A 1924 photo of the Mosque in Skardu Fort

References

  1. ISBN 9780898865882
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  2. ISBN 9788185431970
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  3. ISBN 9788170622680
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  4. ISBN 9788170622925
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  5. ISBN 9789382652175
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  6. ISBN 9788170621096
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  7. ISBN 9788170235163
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External links
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