Heritage record
Tomb of Wakeel Khan
PunjabTombProtected
It is situated at the present Kasur Museum building on the Main Feroz pur Road, Kasur. The Mausoleum of Nawab Wakeel Khan is a huge square structure with a high dome. Almost the exterior of the mausoleum has been finished with kankar lime and glazed lime plaster. According to available revenue archive record of District Kasur, it is the tomb of Nawab Wakil Khan - one of the Army Generals in the Sher Shah Suri period who was buried here after his death in battle at Kasur. After the Sikh occupation of Kasur in 1802 CE till 1848 CE the beautiful tomb was used as Gurdwara. In the British rule this tomb was being used as S.D.M. Office and Mr. John Tatler was first S.D.M. of Kasur.
- Record ID
- 10143
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Kasur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985 (instrument: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985)
- Coordinates
- 31.11280, 74.46678 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (2021 (Retrieved)). Key Monuments. https://archaeology.punjab.gov.pk/important_monuments.
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