Umerkot Fort — Birthplace of Emperor Akbar, Sindh

This cinematic experience needs JavaScript. In the meantime: Umerkot (also spelled Umarkot; historically Amarkot), in eastern Sindh, Pakistan, is home to an 11th-century desert fort founded by Umer of the Soomra dynasty. Within its walls, on 15 October 1542, the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great was born while his father Humayun sheltered from Sher Shah Suri. The fort stands on UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage List and remains a living centre of Sindh's Hindu and Muslim heritage at the edge of the Thar Desert.