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Tomb of Haji Shahal Khan Khoso

SindhTombProtected
Tomb is located in village and deh Bachro, taluka Thul, district Jacobabad. It is adjacent to the Shahal Khan mosque. Thul Town is about 8 km in the east, Tapo Moosa village is about 2 km in the west, Purano Miral Wah is in the south. Facade has wooden door. Tomb have a semi-circular dome with lotus flower and glaze finial. Dome rests on octagonal drum, having 12 pillars, top of the drum have 12 small turrets with finials. Tomb is plastered with lime. It measures 6.46 m EW, 6.29 m NS, height 13 m. Tomb is square in plan and decorated with turrets, finials and lotus flowers. Internally, drum has four ventilators on each side, ventilators are surrounded by twelve blind arches. Tomb has four doors in aches, one on each side. There are two cemented and one mud-plastered grave in the tomb. These graves are of Shahal Khan, his son`s and his wife. This tomb exists in unsatisfactory condition.
Record ID
6843
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Jacobabad
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
28.27361, 68.71944 — 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 Unpublished Survey by Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums.

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