Heritage record
Rakhel Shah Shrine
BalochistanTombProtected
Sufi Hazrat Rakheel Shah was born in 1262 Hijri (approx. 1852 CE) in the district of Mirpur, Baluchistan. His father was Hazrat Noor Shah who was the descendent of Hazrat Ali. His eldest brother Sufi Abdul Nabi Shah was the disciple of Fakir Jaanullah Shah, a strong and famous devotee of Sufi Innayatullah Shah. The Shrine is situated in Fatehpur tehsil in Jhal Magsi district. It is rectangular in shape having semi spherical dome. The dome has hexagonal drum. There is main two graves (Syed Rakheel Shah and his son Syed Chizal Shah). The Shrine has two entrances. The Shrine is highly decorated. The wooden work on the entrances of the Shrine and on outer sides of the graves is amazing. The hexagonal drum of the dome has minarets on each corner. There are other four minarets on the corners of Shrine. Floor of the Shrine is marbled. The interior of the Shrine is beautifully designed. Interior walls of the Shrine have mirror work. Interior of the dome has fibulas geometrical designs. The roof also covered with mirror work.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 10393
- Province / territory
- Balochistan
- District
- Jhal Magsi
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 28.57114, 67.49701 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous.
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