点评:The town of Mangalore saw many ups and downs and switching between overlords, especially during the 18th century. In 1763, Haider Ali had captured the town and built a dockyard here; five years later the British ousted him, but in 1794 Haider Ali's son Tipu Sultan was able to defeat the British and take back Mangalore. While he was in control of Mangalore, Tipu built a low, squat watch tower here, overlooking the Gurpur River. Guns were mounted here, in what is obviously a defensive fortification, even though it's not very large. It's known as Sultan Battery or Sulthan Batheri.
It takes only a couple of minutes to see this battery; you climb some thirty steps or so, and you are there, where there is really nothing much to see except the view of the river beyond.
No entrance fees are charged for Sultan Battery.
翻译:芒格洛尔镇经历了多次兴衰更迭,尤其是在18世纪。1763年,海德尔·阿里攻占了这座城镇,并在此建造了一座造船厂;五年后,英国人将他赶下台。但1794年,海德尔·阿里的儿子蒂普·苏丹击败了英国人,夺回了芒格洛尔。蒂普在控制芒格洛尔期间,在这里建造了一座低矮的瞭望塔,俯瞰着古尔普尔河。这里架设着枪支,显然是一座防御工事,尽管规模不大。它被称为苏丹炮台或苏丹·巴特里。
只需几分钟就能看到这座炮台;爬上大约三十级台阶,就到了那里,除了远处的河景外,这里几乎没有什么可看的。
苏丹炮台免费入场。