Bidar Fort : Waqf Board Identified As Its Property
The Waqf Board identified 17 monuments inside the historic Bidar Fort in Karnataka as its property.
- Bidar Fort is situated in Bidar City on the northern plateau of Karnataka, India.
- The history of Bidar Fort dates back over 500 years, starting with the reign of the Western Chalukya dynasty.
- Sultan Ahmed Shah Wali of the Bahmani dynasty made Bidar his capital in 1430 and renovated it as an impressive citadel.
- It had been built of trap rock. Stone and mortar were used to build the fort walls.
- The entrance gate has a lofty dome, the interior of which had been painted in bright colours.
- Bidar Fort includes:
- Islamic and Persian architecture,
- Seven main entrances,
- 37 bastions (Balcony structures extending from the fort) of octagonal shape with metal-shielded cannons,
- Mosques and mahals,
- Thirty-plus Islamic monuments.
- The Bahmani Kingdom rose to power after the Turkish Governor Ala-ud-din Hassan Bahman Shan established an independent empire by revolting against the Sultan of Delhi Sultanate, Muhammad Bin Tughlaq in 1347.
