Heritage record
Sarai Kharbuza
IslamabadSaraiProtected
A Sarai, square in plan with two arched gateways provided in the northern and southern walls of the complex. The Sarai has a series of living cells with a veranda in front along the parameter wall. The Sarai has been constructed in small bricks masonry and plastered in lime surkhi. The mosque, built in the north-western corner of the Sarai is completely repaired and plastered with cement mortar. The interior of the mosque is painted with fresco paintings, the remains of the baoli of Suri period, now covered by a mosque of this Sarai has also been reported.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6227
- Province / territory
- Islamabad
- District
- Islamabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Sarai
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985 (instrument: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985)
- Coordinates
- 33.68492, 72.86604 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2010). Archaeological Remains and Monuments of Islamabad Capital Territory and District Rawalpindi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 33, No. 2, Dec 2010.
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