Heritage record
Chauburji (Mazang)
PunjabTowerProtected
It is called Chauburji (the four minarets) because of its four corner minarets, out of which one on the north-west was actually lost. The main architectural merit of the building is its rich mosaic decoration with which its entire facade including the octagonal corner minarets are brilliantly embellished. The minarets are slender for their height and end up at the top in coved platform and arched pavilions. The panels over the main vault are inscribed with Ayat-al-Kursi, in blue enameled letters. At the end of this inscription, the year A.H. 1056 (1646 CE) is also given.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6495
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- 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))
- Coordinates
- 31.55396, 74.30471 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- 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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