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Rakhel Shah Shrine

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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.
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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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