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Peshawar fort, their rule had now stretched from Pune to Delhi and now to the border of the Durrani Empire in Peshawar. Before that, the fort of Peshawar was being guarded by Durrani troops under Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan. After being defeated by the army
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281:
269:
224:
202:
201:
87:Former names
39:
25:
1516:Sikh places
1475:Shagai Fort
1470:Mastuj Fort
1465:Jamrud Fort
1409:Sehwan Fort
1399:Pacco Qillo
1394:Naukot Fort
1363:Tulaja Fort
1348:Sangni Fort
1343:Rohtas Fort
1313:Multan Fort
1283:Lahore Fort
1258:Harand Fort
1253:Gujrat Fort
1223:Bijnot Fort
1218:Attock Fort
1213:Akrand Fort
1197:Skardu Fort
1192:Shigar Fort
1182:Baltit Fort
1136:Kharan Fort
1129:Balochistan
1101:Ramkot Fort
1096:Mangla Fort
1091:Karjai Fort
1086:Burjun Fort
1008:Other sites
947:Seri Bahlol
896:Bala Hissar
881:Jamrud Fort
804: /
704:30 November
309:Sameer Garh
284:Bālā Hissār
203:Bala Hissar
194:Pakistan's
176:(1846–1947)
170:(1823–1846)
168:Sikh Empire
164:(1758-1761)
1490:Categories
1338:Rawat Fort
1298:Marot Fort
1288:Malot Fort
1278:Kusak Fort
1248:Fort Munro
1238:Fort Abbas
1177:Altit Fort
1071:Baral Fort
1015:Ali Masjid
917:Baho Dheri
912:Aziz Dheri
771:18 January
725:. (1841).
723:G. Trebeck
512:References
454:After the
389:Kung Shing
352:Sur Empire
341:Hindustani
305:Samīr Gaṛh
292:) is from
225:Bala Hisar
142:Demolished
90:Samīr Gaṛh
1161:Sibi Fort
962:Mian Khan
891:Kafir Kot
590:0041-977X
484:passports
289:بالا حصار
282:The word
278:Etymology
134:Completed
490:See also
385:Xuanzang
329:Buddhism
325:Hinduism
253:Marathas
241:Xuanzang
237:Pakistan
229:Peshawar
180:Pakistan
129:Pakistan
120:Pakistan
112:Peshawar
108:Location
103:Cultural
971:Museums
952:Sirsukh
937:Ranigat
927:Jaulian
371:History
333:Sikhism
126:Country
1206:Punjab
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422:Bhagwa
362:Design
356:Bagram
331:, and
215:Hindko
207:Pashto
1372:Sindh
869:Forts
430:Sikhs
415:Hindu
393:Babur
321:Tibet
313:Samīr
257:Sikhs
150:Owner
773:2014
744:ISBN
721:and
706:2011
693:ISBN
645:ISBN
620:ISBN
586:ISSN
552:ISBN
428:The
350:and
337:Gaṛh
211:Urdu
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137:1849
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