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Tomb of Shah Jillani Sharif

SindhTombProtected
This tomb lies in the Sui Sharif village. The Tahir Bhatti village is at few meters distance in the south. The Tig Shah village is at 1 km distance in the north. The Muhammad Pur village lies at 2 km distance in the west. This tomb is located at 12 km distance in the south west corner of Ubaro city. The tomb has square plan, it has four major minarets on all four sides. The tomb has a big dome. The dome has octagonal drum with eight minarets and eight ventilators. The tomb has two entrances from eastern and northern side. Tomb is existing in good condition. It measures 9 x 9 x 17 m. It is made of burnt bricks, cement mortar and plaster is used in the renovation. The tomb has massive thick walls all four sides. There is a courtyard with roof around all four sides to the tomb. The tomb has glazed tiles work on and inside the tomb, beautiful mirror decorative work has also been done. There are total eight graves inside the tomb. There is a Mehrab towards the western side. The monument is probably associated to Kalhoro period of Sindh.
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Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.

Record ID
6598
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Ghotki
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
28.10917, 69.63333 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums, Islamabad.. (1995-2001). Survey and Documentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments (1995-2001). Unpublished Survey by Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums.

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