Heritage record
Abu Bakar Sher Tomb
PunjabTombProtected
A Mughal period tomb, square in plan, strengthened with turrets and engaged bastions at the four corners and in the center of the walls. It looks like a fortress about 26.5m east to west and 33.53m from north to south, the height is about 9.1m. A passage runs around the main mihrab, on the western side, the outer wall has a mihrab adorned with cut bricks, recalling the decorations of the pre-Mughal times.
- Record ID
- 6165
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Vehari
- Tehsil
- Malsi
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 29.73333, 71.99167 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Rasool, Niaz. (1996). The Monuments and Ancient Sites in the Surveyed Districts of Punjab. Pakistan Archaeology, Number 29, 1994-1996, DOAM, Karachi.
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