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I was astounded to find Irn Bru (from Cumbernauld) in a Pakistani shop. I was not charged 39p though, an outrageous 62 rupees!
Visit of Multan.
Visits:
-Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
-Mausoleum of Baha-ud-Din Zakaria
-Ghanta Ghar Clock Tower
-Shah Shams Tabriz Complex.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleums_of_Multan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Shah_Rukn-e-Alam
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahauddin_Zakariya
02 Jun 2004, Multan, Pakistan --- Armed Pakistani female police officers stand outside a Shiite mosque in Multan. Thousands of troops and paramilitary forces are on maximum alert to prevent further clashes between extreme Shiite and Sunni factions in Pakistan. Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence has killed as many as 4,000 people in the past 15 years. The latest violence followed Monday's mosque attack, which was believed to have been triggered by the killing of the senior Sunni cleric, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai in Karachi, over the weekend by unidentified gunmen. --- Image by © epa/Corbis
MULTAN: Feb15 – National Bank Building is illuminated in connection to Eid Milad-un-Nabi..
by Arhum Chaudhry.
The Multan Fort, a Pakistani military installation, was a landmark of Indian defence and architecture. It was built near the city of Multan, in Punjab province, on a hillock separated from the city by the Ravi River. The fort was destroyed by British forces during the British occupation of India.
The fort was notable both for its effectiveness as a defence installation and for its architecture. Contemporary reports put the walls of the fort at 40 to 70 feet (21 m) high and 6,800 feet (2 km) in circumference. The fort's 46 bastions included two flanking towers at each of the four gates (the De, Sikki, Hareri and Khizri Gates). A ditch 25 feet (7.6 m) deep and 40 feet (12 m) wide and an 18-foot (5.5 m) glacis protected the fort from intruders.
Within the fort stood a citadel flanked by 30 towers, enclosing mosques, a Hindu temple and a Khan's palace. The citadel was severely damaged by the battering it got from the guns of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1818.
The Fort was originally known as Katochgarh and is attributed to have been built by the Katoch Dynasty.