Nawakot

Nawan Kot is a small fort in the Cholistan desert, away from the old bed of the Hakra River. Built of mud brick, it has four corner towers, thick walls and a parapet pierced with loopholes. It is attributed to Sardar Fazil Khan Abbasi, a member of the ruling family associated with Bahawalpur. Across the wider desert, other forts stood along the vanished river and the routes through the sands, among them Derawar, Marotgarh and Bijnotgarh.