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Sarai Pakka Khanpur I Gujar Khan I Hidden Fort of Pothohar I Heritage in Possession of Migrants
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Pakka Khanpur Fort, also known as Sarai Pakka Khanpur, is a ruined fort situated some 15 kilometers north (Gujar Khan-Beval Road) of Gujar Khan city, Punjab, Pakistan.
According to Raizada Brijnath, the author of "Waja Tasmia Dehat Pargana Dangali wa Pharwala", Sarai Pakka Khanpur is a historical village that was destroyed and founded twice. Last time it was founded by Lango Khan in memory of his father Pakka Khan during the reign of Sultan Adam Khan Gakhar. Langho Khan belonged to the Matial tribe. Therefore, the village came to be called Pakka Khanpur after Pakka Khan. The question remains open as to whether it was named after Pakka Khan or an analogy drawn from burnt bricks or stone blocks which were used to construct this caravanserai.
It is believed that Sultan Jalal Khan Gakhar built Sarai and Pakka houses and held his court there regularly. Hence it was named after him as “Pakka Khanpur or Khanpur Pakka”. Sultan Jalal Khan Rais built very tall houses in the village. He also built a house for his begmats here and they took up residence in this village. That is why Khanpur Pakka became a famous and listed.
Sultan Jalal Khan Gakhar served the Mughal emperor Akbar and his son Jahangir. Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri states that Sultan Jalal Khan Gakhar was known for his great benevolence. During a famine in his country, he saved thousands from perishing by distributing food and money. According to Kai Goharnama by Raizada Diwan Dhuni Chand, Sultan Jalal Khan Gakhar died in 1028 AH/1618 AD in a military expedition against the Afghans in the trans-Indus region, which was conducted under the command of the Emperor Jahangir.
The Sarai Pakka Khanpur is located on the old G.T Road. It is believed that from Sar Jalal Khan, an ancient road used to go to Rohtas on the one hand and another to Rawat passing by Dhamaik, Hathia, Mahsa, Pakka Sarai and Kallar Syedan. The latter reaches Rawat where the modern G.T. Road meets the ancient G.T. Road.
The Sarai Pakka Khanpur is oblong in shape. The main double-storeyed northern portal of Sarai opens to the spacious courtyard where now one can see the houses of immigrants who came to settle in the Sarai after the partition of 1947. Sarai Pakka Khanpur is a grand structure. There are four bastions in the Sarai Pakka, which are crumbling. Staircases lead to the top of each of the bastions and the main entrance. The southern and western bastions are in a bad state of preservation. Even the southern, western and eastern ramparts of the Sarai are partially collapsed. Only the northern rampart is extant and in a fairly good condition.
There was an old mosque and well inside the Sarai. A new mosque has also been built by the residents of the Sarai. The well is still extant and is located close to the main entrance of the Sarai. In fact there were two mosques in Sarai Pakka: one for men and the other for women respectively. Mosque built for women is in ruins, while the one built for men was completely rebuilt. Both were single-chambered mosques.
There were also living cells in the Sarai which have now been modified by the residents of the Sarai. Moreover, a majority of the cells are in a bad state of preservation. This Sarai was also used by Afghans and Sikhs for some time.
There is also the shrine of Qazi Muhammad Yar Qadiri, who died in 1860 as per the inscription on the façade of the tomb. This saint is venerated by the local community.
There are the remains of the historic Eidgah, half a kilometer to the west of the Sarai, which was also built at the same time when the Sarai was built.
It is said that It was very populated due to the residence of almost 72 tribes. It was inhabited by Hindus and Muslims. The village was depopulated in the attack of Ahmad Shah Abdali. The actual area is one Asami three Qala i.e. 225 ghamnas.
It is prominently mentioned in Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, a revered record of Mughal Emperor Jahangir's reign. Jahangir is reported to have visited the fort due to its strategic location. The fort also appears in Hari Ram Gupta's historical account of the Sikhs in December 1796, referenced during Zaman Shah Durrani's march to Lahore from Sarai Pakka Khanpur.
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