Bhirr

Bhirr is a historical castle in India which was situated on many acres of land and towered 200 feet high. Bhirr ("Mud Hill"), located in Shorkot City is an ancient place showing remains of a culture such as old coins, old jewelry, and old buildings. Bhirr is actually a deposit of Chenab River (now moved 8 km from Bhhir).

The original settlement is part of the old Indus valley civilisation and the town was built on an artificial mound whose southern side was used to get the material for building the mound. This mound has at least three layers of soot showing that it was destryed three times.

The visit of Alexander the Great has been confirmed by Alexander Burs F.R.S. who published an account in his book in 1834. They were taking dray horses as presents from Queen Victoria to Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur. From Multan going up north to Lahore they stopped near Shorkot and went to visit the shrine of Pir Syed Mahboob Alam Shah finding it to be a dusty shrine attended by an old syed. There on the Bhirr they found some old coins with the Greek word Bazileous stamped on it and conjectured that these were the coins left behind by the Greeks. Scattered shards of pottery are still to be found for miles around the old Bhirr showing that is was an extensive settlement. As the Chenab moved away to the West it lost its importance as a river port while the nearby trading town of Pir Mahal also lost customers and fell into decline.