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Darya Khan Mastoi

SindhTombProtected
The graveyard of Darya Khan Mastoi is located about 04 km east of Shahdadkot city and close to M-8 motorway. It can be accessed from Rato Dero via Shahdadkot-Gwadar M-8 motorway towards to Shahdadkot city. The graveyard is known as Darya Khan Mastoi graveyard, who was a chief of Mastoi tribe. The graveyard consists of one tomb of Darya Khan Mastoi, one recent mosque and some old and recent graves. The tomb of Darya Khan Mastoi is square in shape and it is constructed with burnt bricks, mud is used as mortar with lime plaster.The facade of the tomb is on the eastern side, it is decorated with a prominent outline border. The central part of the facade has three recessed rectangular panels, the lower panel has a Tudor arch entrance and the middle panel has recessed Tudor arch panel. On either side of the middle part, there are two recessed Tudor arch panels with rectangular panels. The parapet wall is decorated with four closed kiosks on the corners and two in the center. Parapet wall is further decorated with merlons. The dome rests on the high octagonal drum. Around the drum there are recessed rectangular panels and the perimeter is adorned with merlons and small turrets. The top of the dome has inverted lotus flower mouldings with an iron rod as a finial
Record ID
10054
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Qambar Shahdadkot
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
27.84826, 67.95694 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Shiekh, Nilofer. (2021). Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh. Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh.

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