Sheikhupura Fort

Sheikhupura Fort is a Mughal-era fort built in 1607 CE near Sheikhupura in Punjab, Pakistan, commissioned by Emperor Jahangir as a royal hunting lodge adjacent to the Hiran Minar complex. The roughly square fort measures 128 by 115.5 meters with baked brick walls averaging 11.5 meters in height, featuring octagonal corner bastions and semi-circular defensive projections. After Maharaja Ranjit Singh's conquest in 1808, the fort was granted to his consort Maharani Datar Kaur, who added a six-story haveli adorned with intricate Kangra-style frescoes. Declared a protected monument in 1967, the fort received an $850,000 US restoration grant in 2010.