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During last quarter of 18th Century Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, ruler of Sindh, shifted his capital from Khudabad near Dadu to Hyderabad and divided his kingdom into seven states. The area which now constitutes major part of Khairpur fell to the share of Mir Suhrab Khan Talpur, the great grandfather of Mirs of Khairpur. Mir Suhrab Khan, established his head-quarter at Kot Diji and built a fort which due to close vicinity of Diji town came to be known as Kot Diji or Kot-Diji.
To the west of the town of Diji, the fort is situated on a high hill which has on three sides been scraped almost perpendicular. On the east side the ascent is extremely steep and guarded by strong defenses. Approach to the fort, however, is through three strong gateways in east, each situated on a different terrace. The fort which runs north-south in a narrow strip has no significant residential building except a house to the right of the entrance gate and vaulted narrow chambers running along the defenses. A pavilion built in beautiful cut stone work command the eastern defenses and was probably the seat of Nawab during peace times. The semi-circular bastions all around the fort were commanded with heavy guns of which only a brass gun known as Mariam remains there. It bears inscriptions in Portuguese and Persian.
