because of its plain military style and lack of gardens. In the 1580s, Emperor Akbar constructed the nearby Attock Fort that was a better fit to Mughal interests. Akbar only stayed at Rohtas Fort for a single night. Emperor Jahangir rested there for one night while traveling to Kashmir. He noted, "This fort was founded in a cleft and the strength of it cannot be imagined." Later, after his victorious return from a forced exile in Kabul, Jahangir convened his court at Rohtas Fort for a short time. During the Mughal era, the fort was used almost continuously until 1707. The Afsharid ruler Nader Shah camped at the fort during his invasion of the Mughal Empire. After that, it was used by the Afghan Durrani chieftain Ahmad Shah Durrani during his invasions of Punjab against the Sikhs. It was taken over by the Marathas in 1758 but the Afghans retook the fort in 1759. The Durrani chieftain Timur Shah Durrani retook Multan from the Sikhs in 1780 after defeating them at Rohtas. Sikh Empire period After the takeover of Punjab by the first Sikh Emperor Ranjit Singh, he gave the fort to Mohar Singh. General Gurmukh Singh Lamba captured Rothas Fort in 1825 from Nur Khan, a Gakkars chief. Nur Khan turned the fort over to Sardar Mohar Singh. Raja Fazal Din Khan.was the last to use Rohtas Fort for military purposes when he participated in a successful rebellion led by Sher Singh in the late 1830s; however, the fort never saw any fighting. The Sikh Empire used the fort for administrative purposes until the British took the region in 1849. Architecture The designers of Rohtas Fort valued function over form. Its style draws from Turkish, Middle Eastern, and South Asian artistic traditions. Layout Rohtas Fort covers an area of , enclosed by of walls. It has bastion towers and twelve monumental gates that provide access to the inner fort. The fort is an irregularly shaped triangle and follows the contours of its hill. The northwest corner of the fort is walled off from the rest of the structure by a wall. The enclosed section served as a citadel for elites. It could hold up to 30,000 men. Ramparts The fort's walls are built in sandstone laid in lime mortar mixed with brick. The height of the outer wall varies between with a thickness between . The fortified walls have