Heritage record
Shahi Mahal
SindhPalaceProtected
The burnt brick building Talpur period ((18th-19th Century CE)) was constructed by Mir Faiz Muhammad Talpur for his wife Beli. The roof is fabricated with tiers and girders with mirror and glass elements have been used for its decoration. Kashikari (glazed tile work) adorns its walls. In the center of the palace, there is a hall constructed for Beli with two smaller halls to its front and back surrounded by a corridor. There are entrances on all sides of the Mahal, giving the building 62 wooden doors all together. There is a farm for horses on the back side of the palace.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5214
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Khairpur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Palace
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 27.35096, 68.71999 — 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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