Attock Fort

E707739

Attock Fort is a historic Mughal-era military fortification in Attock, Pakistan, strategically located near the Indus River to guard key routes between Central and South Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Attock Fort canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal-era fort
fort
military fortification
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture
builtFor Mughal Empire
coordinateLocation 33.898°N 72.247°E
country Pakistan
currentUse military installation
hasPart bastions
gates
inner buildings
ramparts
hasUse control of river crossing
military defense
protection of trade routes
heritageDesignation protected monument in Pakistan
locatedIn Attock
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Attock District
Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInCountry Islamic Republic of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan
locatedInRegion Punjab
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedNear Attock Bridge
Indus River
Peshawar–Rawalpindi road
locatedOn bank of the Indus River
strategic route between Central Asia and South Asia
locatedOnRiver Indus River
locatedOnRoute Grand Trunk Road corridor
linked to: Grand Trunk Road

historic route between Kabul and Lahore
materialUsed brick
stone
nearbyCity Attock City
linked to: Attock

Peshawar
Rawalpindi
openToPublic no
region northern Punjab
significance historical landmark of Pakistan
important Mughal military outpost on the Indus
strategicImportance controlled access between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent
guarded key crossing of the Indus River
usedBy British Indian Army
Durrani Empire
Mughal Empire
Pakistan Army
Sikh Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attock hasLandmark Attock Fort
Attock locatedNear Attock Fort
Battle of Attock fortInvolved Attock Fort
Attock District hasHistoricalSite Attock Fort