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Tomb of Mian Noor Mohammad Kalhoro

SindhTombProtected
The tomb is located on a raised platform measuring 24.3 x 21.3 m in a walled enclosure. The foundations of the tomb up to dado level are raised with stone, while the super structure is constructed with bricks and embellished with kashi tiles in geometric and floral designs. This is a rectangular building provided with a gallery at squinch level with four octagonal kiosks on the roof. Internally, the plan is octagonal and the sixteen sided drum is supporting the hemispherical dome, which has arched clerestory windows. The tomb is associated to Kalhora period.
Record ID
5095
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Shaheed Benazirabad
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
26.55003, 68.06432 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Jansen, Michael, Yasmeen Lari. (2015). Inventory of Cultural Property in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, 2015. Government of Sindh, Vol 3.

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