Heritage record
Old Offices of Mirs
SindhBuildingProtected
This is a complex of five spacious chambers located on the east of the Harem of the Talpur Mirs in Pucca Fort of Talpur period. The hall was originally meant for the offices of the Mirs and their treasury. Each hall covers an area of about 12 x 6 m. It was used as Land Record Office during the British period. It was repeatedly renovated and mosaic flooring has recently been provided and all the chambers are white washed. Presently a museum has been established in these halls to accommodate Muslim period artifacts from Bambhore, Mansurah, Alor, Hyderabad, etc.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5710
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Hyderabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Building
- 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
- 25.38592, 68.37363 — 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 1.
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