Heritage record
Akhund Panju Baba Tomb
Khyber PakhtunkhwaTombProtected
The tomb of Akhund Panju Baba (Syed Abdul Wahab) (1535-1630) in Misripura near Akbarpura is an excellent example of sub-continent art work, inside roof and walls of tomb has been decorated and painted with traditional and cultural blue color flowers and designs centuries ago. It is square in plan measuring 9.80m x 9.80m with octagonal drum and heavy ribbed dome. A rectangular panel has a cusped arch marking the main entrance. This lower panel is topped by a projected cornice decorated with three pairs of rectangular panels. The lower two rows have sunk arches while the upper pair is adorned with gul-e-nau design in relief. The mosque is few meters away from the tomb of the saint.
- Record ID
- 4612
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Peshawar
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.03850, 71.72280 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Dani, Ahmed Hassan. (1995). Peshawar: Historic City of the Frontier. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
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