Heritage record
Shah Burhan Tomb
PunjabTombProtected
It is a well known monument of dark grey stone and white marble, built with lime kanker mortar. At the base, it is square but changed to an octagon on which a large dome of white marble rests. The main door is on the southern side while the other sides are closed with screens. The floor is made of white marble. The tomb is enclosed in a boundary wall.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6211
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Chiniot
- 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
- 31.71667, 72.97917 — 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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