Bidar Fort

We had a wonderful experience in bidar. it was a one and a half-hour journey from Sangareddy, Telangana. The fort is situated in Karnataka. The fort, the city, and the district are all affixed with the name Bidar. Sultan Alla-Ud Din Bahman of the Bahmanid Dynasty shifted his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar in 1427 and built his fort along with a number of Islamic monuments. There are over 30 monuments inside Bidar fort.

This fort was built by the Bahmani Sultan Ahmed in 1426-32 CE with a 5.5 km long immensely thick wall and several unusual defense features. The fort has a unique triple moat believed to have been built by Turkish mercenaries. The fort abounds in tunnels and underground chambers that allowed quick escapes in emergencies. It was also protected by 37 bastions several enormous cannons stationed on towers around the fort and large magazines for arms storage other defensive elements include its seven well-protected gateways. In the zigzag passage between these gateways. Three thousand men could take up positions for defending the fort. Another gate the indigenously designed Mandu Darwaza has its entrance through a well-defended underground tunnel.

The fort has amble provisions for water with several wells and pipelines in its distribution network. It is considered one of the most formidable forts in the country. Bidar's military architecture has strongly influenced the planning and design of several other medical cities like Golkonda, Bijapur, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.