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A fact from Bidar Fort appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know
- ... that Sherza Darwaza in Bidar Fort, India, depicts two images of tigers carved on its fascia, which according to Shia belief, denotes Ali's assured protection of the fort from enemy attack?
A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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Info from plank

A photograph of the information plank at the Bidar Fort was uploaded at: File:Bidar Fort description.JPG on Commons. The plank had following information. (Put in bullets and selected out by me.)

Built by Sultan Ahmed Wali between AD 1426 to AD 1432
Surrounded by a 5.5kms wall
Wall consists of 37 massive polygonal bastions
7 irregular rhombic shaped gates
The south east entrance has a zig zag passage protected by three gates
Fort has triple moat defense, which is unique and was made by Turkish mercenaries just the way Medieval European forts have.
Fort has big magazines for arms storage
It has tunnels to escape in emergencies
The fort has influenced planning of various other subsequent forts like Golkonda, Bijapur and Bangalore.
Monuments in fort are: Takht Mahal, Tarkash Mahal, Rangeen Mahal, Gagan Mahal, Shahi Matbakh (royal kitchen), Diwan-i-Am, Solah Khamb Mosque and Naubat Khana.

The plank is published by "Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India". §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 11:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Creating individual pages for each monument found inside Bidar Fort

The following monuments found inside Bidar Fort has their own history. Please share your views so that further actions can be taken on the same.

Gumbaz Darwaza
Sharza Darwaza
Takht Mahal
Tarkash Mahal
Rangeen Mahal
Shahi Malbakh
Shahi Hammam
Gagan Mahal
Diwan-I-Am
Solah Khamb Mosque
Hazar Kothari
Old Naubat Khana
Chaubara
Madarsa of Mahmud Gawan
Takht-I-Kirmani
Bahamani Tombs
Chaukhandi
Baridi Tombs
Jharani Narasimha Cave Temple
Nanak Jhira Sahib
Bidri Ware

Omshivaprakash (talk) 06:14, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]