- In the Cholistan Desert of Punjab, Derawar Fort is an awe-inspiring sight. At over 1500 meters in length, its imposing majesty is enough to take your breath away.
- Derawar Fort is more than 1 kilometer in circumference and 30 meters high, featuring 40 stunning bastions rising out of the vast expanse of empty desert.
- There is also a white mosque in its neighborhood called “Derawar Mosque,” built near the fort in 1844 AD in the same design as the “Moti mosque of India.”
- Most of these date from the Indus civilization, 45,00 years ago, and are clustered round Derawar Fort, the only perennial water hole in the desert.
- Gradually, Deo Rawal turned into Derawar. The present Fort was built and renovated by Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan 1, the Nawab of Bahawalpur in 1733 AD.
- Located here in Cholistan is the huge Derawar Fort right in this desert locale, frequently called “The Gateway to Cholistan”.
- It also becomes an iconic place due to TDCP Cholistan Jeep Rally in the Cholistan Desert near Derawar Fort. The current condition of Derawar Fort is not good.
- Derawar Fort is a large square fortress in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. The forty bastions of Derawar are visible for many miles in Cholistan Desert.
- The Derawar Fort was first built in the 9th century under the kingship of Rai Jajja Bhati, a Hindu Rajput from Jaisalmir in India's Rajasthan state.
- The Derawar Fort can be accessed either from north downwards from Bahawalpur or Ahmed Pur East or from Rahim Yar Khan moving on the Desert Road.