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| location = Alang Khooni Burj Street, [[Multan]], [[Pakistan]]
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| status = completed
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'''Bloody Bastion''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|خونی برج}}}}), also called '''Khooni Burj''' or '''Bloody Tower''', is a [[bastion]] in the old [[City Wall of Multan]], between Pak Gate and Delhi Gate on Alang Road in [[Multan]]. The tower is a remnant of the city's fortifications that were destroyed by the British in 1849.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Raza|first1=M. Hanif|title=Multan: past & present|date=1988|publisher=Colorpix}}</ref>

[[Alexander the Great]] is traditionally believed to have been injured at the site of the modern bastion during his invasion of the [[Indus Valley]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaudhry|first1=Nazir Ahmad|title=Multan Glimpses: With an Account of Siege and Surrender|date=2002|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|isbn=9789693513516}}</ref>

The bastion is notable for having been the site where two British emissaries were buried following their murder by Sikh rebels. The bastion was site of fierce fighting between Sikh forces and the [[103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)|1st Bombay Fusiliers]] on the British side during the [[Siege of Multan]] in 1849,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Daly|first1=Hugh|title=Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly ...|date=1895|publisher=John Murray}}</ref> earning the structure its current name. Following the capture of the bastion, the graves of the two British emissaries were removed, and the bodies re-buried at the site of the [[Multan Fort]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sir George|last=Forrest|title=Sepoy Generals, Wellington to Roberts|url=https://archive.org/details/sepoygeneralswel00forrrich|date=1901|publisher=W. Blackwood}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862z-d53EF4 BBC Documentary on bloody bastion]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402075919/http://multan.reemakhan.info/monument/index/KHUNI_BURJ.html Official Website of Govt of Pakistan]
* [http://travelmultan.blogspot.com/2011/06/khuni-burj-multan-blood-tower-of-multan.html Blog of Travel Multan]

[[Category:History of Multan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Multan]]
[[Category:Fortifications in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Multan]]

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