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Tomb of Malik Rajpal

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It is situated to the north-east of the tomb of Mubarak Khan near the tomb of Jam Nizamuddin in the northern fringe of the Makli Necropolis. The single-domed square building measures 7.5692 x 7.5692 meters. The stone courses on each side rises upto a height of around two meters above ground level and thereafter brick courses follow. It is open on all four sides by lancet-shaped arched openings. A vertical brick lining on either side of the entrance makes two vertical panels. In the present example the corner squinch starts just above the stone course and then a series of pendentives turn the octagon into a circular base for the dome. There is dental basal decoration as a lining below the domical ceiling. According to plaque on the tomb, Malik Raj Paal son of Malik Unar died in 1479 A.D., while an Arabic plaque inside the building gives the whole genealogy of Malik Rajpal, descending from Firozuddin Jam Umar, and thus relating, to a collateral line of Jam Nizamuddin.
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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
5584
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Thatta
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
24.77577, 67.90285 — 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 4.

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