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Tomb of Hazrat Ghous Hussain Shah Jillani

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Tomb is located in deh Ghouspur, taluka Kandhi Kot, district Jacobabad. It is in the south east side of Jamia mosque of Ghouspur. Ghouspur is 25 km in east of Kandhi Kot city and 65 km in west of Shikarpur. Entrance is on northern side with wooden door. Tomb has four turrets with three finial, one finial of western side turret has fallen. Tomb has one semicircular dome with finial that rests on octagonal drum having three pointed arch panels in rectangular panels in each side of drum. There is a series of battlement on top of drum and on top of walls. Tomb has a courtyard. It measures 9.30 x 9.30 x 15 m. Burnt bricks, cheroli, lime plaster and cement plaster are the construction material. Tomb is square in plan. Tomb is decorated with rectangular and arch panels, battlements, turrets and finials. Internally, dome is white washed, it has 8 ventilators with 8 arches surrounding the ventilators. In lower part seven big arches are found, one niche is found in southern side. There is a small Mehrab found in western side. There are three cemented graves of children in western and southern sides of Shah Hussain grave.
Record ID
6849
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Jacobabad
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tomb
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
28.14722, 69.10000 — 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 Unpublished Survey by Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums.

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