Derawar Fort
Derawar Fort is a fortress in Yazman Tehsil in the Bahawalpur District of Punjab, Pakistan. Approximately 20 km south of the city of Ahmedpur East, the forty bastions of Derawar are visible from many miles in the Cholistan Desert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: large square fortress in Punjab, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Derāwar” and “Fort Derawar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbasi Mosque.
Abbasi Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Saadnadeem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abbasi Mosque, or Derawar Mosque, and locally known as Jamia Masjid‑e‑Abbasi, is a mosque located close to Derawar Fort in Yazman Tehsil, in the Cholistan Desert in Bahawalpur District, in the Punjab, province of Pakistan. Abbasi Mosque is situated 170 metres southeast of Derawar Fort.
Derawar Fort
- Categories: fortress, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Derawar Fort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن ديراور”
- Bengali: “দরাবড় দুর্গ”
- Bengali: “দেরাওয়ার দুর্গ”
- Catalan: “Derawar”
- Chinese: “德拉沃爾堡”
- Dutch: “Derawarfort”
- Fiji Hindi: “Dravad ka kila”
- French: “fort de Derawar”
- French: “Fort de Derawar”
- German: “Derawar Fort”
- German: “Derawar-Fort”
- Hindi: “दरावड़ का क़िला”
- Italian: “Forte di Derawar”
- Japanese: “デーラーワル城”
- Panjabi: “ਦਰਾਵੜ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
- Persian: “قلعه دراور”
- Russian: “Деравар”
- Saraiki: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
- Serbian: “Тврђава Деравар”
- Sindhi: “دڙاوڙ قلعو”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Deravar”
- Tamil: “தராவர் கோட்டை”
- Tatar: “Деравар кальгасы”
- Turkish: “Deraver Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Деравар”
- Urdu: “Derawar fort”
- Urdu: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ دراوڑ”
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