Qila

Qila (Persian: قلعه‎‎), (Urdu: قلعه‎, Hindi: क़िला), alternatively spelled Qala or Kala, is a Persian word meaning a fort or castle. Qala is used in names of places as a prefix in Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Pakistan and Palestine:

Examples of forts called Qila

• India
  • Aligarh Qila
  • Rohtas Qila
  • Allahabad Qila
  • Chittorgarh Qila
  • Gohad Qila
  • Hatras Qila
  • Lal Qila (Agra)
  • Lal Qila - literally Red Fort in Delhi, India
  • Purana Qila, Delhi
  • Qila Rai Pithora, Delhi, estb. 12th-century
  • Qila Mubarak
  • Sasni Qila

• Pakistan
  • Shahi Qila -literally Royal Fort in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Qila is also used in placenames, such as 

• Georgia
  • Narikala

• India
  • Qila Raipur

• Pakistan
  • Arkot Qila
  • Azim Qila
  • Besham Qila
  • Hisara Kasan Ali Qila
  • Hisara Sarbiland Khan Qila
  • Khuni Qila
  • Mughal Qila
  • Sakhakot Qila in Malakand Agency
  • Sāsoli Qila
  • Qila Didar Singh
  • Qila Ladgasht
  • Qila Mihan Singh
  • Qila Safed
  • Qila Saifullah in Balochistan
  • Qila Sheikhupura
  • Qila Tara Singh
  • Qila Sobha Singh
  • Qila Sura Singh

• Palestine
  • Qila, Hebron

See also

• Kala (disambiguation), alternative spelling of Qila
• Qala (disambiguation), alternative spelling of Qila