Rawat Fort is an early 16th century fort in the Pothohar plateau of Pakistan, near the city of Rawalpindi in the province of Punjab. The fort was built to defend the Pothohar plateau from the forces of the Pashtun king Sher Shah Suri.
Rawat Fort derives is named from the Arabic word Rabat (Arabic: رباط), eeaning caravanserai - an inn for caravans.
The fort was founded as a caravanserai in the 15th century by Salteen-e-Dehli, though the caravan itself may have been built atop a Ghaznavid-era fort that was established in 1036 CE.
The caravanserai was then later fortified in the 16th century by the local Gakhar – warrior clans loyal to the Mughal emperor Humayun in order to defend the Pothohar plateau from Sher Shah Suri's forces.
The fort was the scene of a battle between the Gakhar chief Sultan Sarang and Afghan king Sher Shah Suri in 1546.
Sarang was captured, tortured at the fort by the forces of Sher Shah Suri, and then buried at the fort.
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