Heritage record
Tomb of Mirza Isa Khan Tarkhan-I
SindhTombProtected
The tomb of Isa Khan Tarkhan, the first Tarkhan ruler of Thatta lies in a large quadrangular stone enclosure placed on a 1m high platform. The entrance punctuates the eastern wall opposite the semi-octagonal mihrab. The cluster incorporates several smaller enclosures, platforms and a canopy. It has an elegantly designed central enclosure with courses of carved bands and lattice window screens inset as panels. Graves have Quranic verses on them.
- Record ID
- 5595
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Thatta
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 24.76099, 67.90457 — 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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