Salman Rashid

Travel writer, Fellow of Royal Geographical Society

On the edge
22 April 2017

Rabat is an ancient caravanserai situated at the edge of Pakistan. Read in Urdu about history of the place. This article appeared in newspaper Roznama Pakistan [double click the image below to enlarge].

Labels: Balochistan, History, Urdu

posted by Salman Rashid @ 00:00,

8 Comments:

At 5 May 2013 at 12:07, Ramla said...: This seems journeying to the final frontier of adventure travel in an unseen Pakistan.

Does anyone still goes there?
At 6 May 2013 at 16:13, Salman Rashid said...: This is indeed the final frontier of Pakistan, Ramla. I am afraid, people do not even know of the historicity of Rabat; leave alone anyone wishing to go to this out of the way place.
At 12 May 2013 at 19:05, momers said...: Link to the location of Ribat Qila:
http://goo.gl/maps/wTcDg
At 9 May 2016 at 01:19, Zahid Zaman said...: Excellent work sir.......
At 9 May 2016 at 15:22, Salman Rashid said...: Thank you, Zahid Zaman.
At 10 January 2023 at 23:31, Anonymous said...: Very impressive Salman. I always try to reach your writings because you actually do hardwork. I feel like I'm visiting that place alongside you.
At 1 February 2024 at 21:54, Anonymous said...: Can you publish more information about Rabat?
At 2 February 2024 at 20:43, Anonymous said...: Anonymous, kindly look for my English version here on this blog. I am sure you can search it out.