Heritage record
Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam
SindhTombProtected
The Mazar of the Father of the Nation is built with white marble, with curved morish arches and copper grills, resting on an elevated 54 sq.m platform. Fifteen successive foundations lead to the platform from each side. The mausoleum building was designed by famous architect Yahya Merchant in 1960s and the construction work completed in 1971. It is a national monument.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6039
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Karachi
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by Quaid-i-Azam`s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance, 1971 (instrument: Protected by Quaid-i-Azam`s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance, 1971)
- Coordinates
- 24.87474, 67.03984 — 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 2.
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