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Bala Hissar (other)
Bala Hissar, Bala Hisar or Balahisar may refer to: * Bala Hissar, Kabul, a fortress in Kabul, Afghanistan * Bala Hissar, Peshawar, a fortress in Peshawar, Pakistan *Bala Hissar, Mussoorie, a place in Mussoorie, India * Bala Hisar, Iran Balut Hesar ( fa, بلوطحصار, also Romanized as Balūţ Ḩeşār and Balooţ Ḩeşār; also known as Bālā Ḩeşār and Bala Hisār) is a village in Kafsh Kanan Rural District, in the Central District of Bahmai County, Kohgiluyeh and Bo ..., a village in Iran * Balahesar, a village in Samangan Province, Afghanistan {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Hissar, Kabul
Bala Hissar () is an ancient fortress located in the south of the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD. Bala Hissar sits to the south of the modern city centre at the tail end of the Kuh-e-Sherdarwaza Mountain. The Walls of Kabul, which are high and thick, start at the fortress and follow the mountain ridge in a sweeping curve down to the river. It sports a set of gates for access to the fortress. The Kōh-e Shēr Darwāzah (lion door) mountain is behind the fort. Bala Hissar was originally divided into two parts: The lower fortress, containing the stables, barracks and three royal palaces, and the upper fortress (the actual fort with the name Bala Hissar) housing the armory and the dungeon of Kabul, known as the "Black Pit" (the Siyah Chal). History The origins of the Bala Hissar fortress are obscure. Pre-Kushan pottery as well as Indo-Greek and Achaemenid coins have been recovered in its vicinity, indicating settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Hissar, Peshawar
Bala Hissar (Pashto/Urdu/Hindko language, Hindko: ), also spelt Bala Hisar, is a historic fortress located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. First mentioned by 7th-century explorer Xuanzang, the fort was used as a royal residence for the Durrani Empire since 1747, when the Afghan king, Ahmad Shah Durrani, conquered Peshawar. The Maratha Empire, Marathas briefly occupied it after Capture of Peshawar (1758), capturing Peshawar in 1758 but it was soon retaken by the Afghans. The Sikh Empire, Sikhs destroyed and reconstructed the fort after Battle of Nowshera, capturing Peshawar in March 1823. In 1849, the British East India Company reconstructed the fort's outer walls. The fort now serves as headquarters for Pakistan's Frontier Corps. Etymology The word ''Bālā Hissār'' () is from Dari, Dari Persian, meaning "elevated or high fort." According to historian Hussain Khan, this name was given by the Afghan Emperor Timur Shah Durrani. In 1834, the Sikhs named the fort as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Hissar, Mussoorie
Bala may refer to: Places India *Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India * Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan * Bala, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India Romania *Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi County *Băla ( hu, Bala), a commune in Mureș County United States *Bala, Kansas, an incorporated community in Riley County, Kansas *Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd, Philadelphia United Kingdom *Bala, Gwynedd, a town in Wales **Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales **Bala Series of geologic beds in Bala, Wales Elsewhere *Bala, Ontario, a town in Canada **Bala Aerodrome, located adjacent to Bala, Ontario, Canada * Bala, Nepal, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal *Bal'a, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank * Bala, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia *Bala, Senegal, a town in Tambacounda Region *Balâ, Anka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Hisar, Iran
Balut Hesar ( fa, بلوطحصار, also Romanized as Balūţ Ḩeşār and Balooţ Ḩeşār; also known as Bālā Ḩeşār and Bala Hisār) is a village in Kafsh Kanan Rural District, in the Central District of Bahmai County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 6 families. References Populated places in Bahmai County {{Bahmai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
