Heritage record
Hiran Minar and Tank
PunjabTowerUNESCO Tentative ListProtected
This Minar was built under orders of Emperor Jahangir in memory of his loving pet antelope named Mansraj. It is a massive, tapering and high brick-built tower of four storeys excluding the top one which is missing. There are small openings for light in each storey. The exterior of the tower was once lime plastered. About 84m east of the Hiran Miran is a double storey gateway of the usual Mughal style leading to the Daulat Khanah or Baradari situated in the center of a big tank. The tank is enclosed by a terraced wall 2. m high and 2.2m thick surrounded by a dwarf wall 0.6m thick and 0.7m high; thus the whole thickness of the terraced wall is 3 m.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6423
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Sheikhupura
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tower
- 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))
- Tentative List
- Hiran Minar and Tank, Sheikhupura
- Coordinates
- 31.74306, 73.95519 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required; pwhi_protection_correction_2026-07-23
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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