Rawalakot

Rawalakot lies in the Pir Panjal mountains in the country of Poonch, southwest of the Vale of Kashmir. In the late fifteenth century the campaigns of Malik Tazi Bhat brought Poonch under the Kashmir Sultanate. Its local rulers continued to govern under the sultan's suzerainty, owing tribute and military support. The region later came under Mughal influence, before becoming part of Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire in 1819.