Heritage record
Wazir Mansion (Birth Place of Quaid-i-Azam)
SindhBuildingProtected
It is the birth place of Quaid-i-Azam, which was built during 1860 to 1870 with stone masonry, lime and jute. The building has arched openings with wooden doors and windows, that open into a continuous projected balcony that runs from the north-east facade to the south-west facade. It was later reconstructed and strengthened with cement.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6396
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Karachi
- 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
- 24.85090, 66.99743 — 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 3.
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