Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Sindh
District: Qambar Shahdadkot
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 18th-19th Century CE
Description: The graveyard of Darya Khan Mastoi is located about 04 km east of Shahdadkot city and close to M-8 motorway. It can be accessed from Rato Dero via Shahdadkot-Gwadar M-8 motorway towards to Shahdadkot city. The graveyard is known as Darya Khan Mastoi graveyard, who was a chief of Mastoi tribe. The graveyard consists of one tomb of Darya Khan Mastoi, one recent mosque and some old and recent graves. The tomb of Darya Khan Mastoi is square in shape and it is constructed with burnt bricks, mud is used as mortar with lime plaster.The facade of the tomb is on the eastern side, it is decorated with a prominent outline border. The central part of the facade has three recessed rectangular panels, the lower panel has a Tudor arch entrance and the middle panel has recessed Tudor arch panel. On either side of the middle part, there are two recessed Tudor arch panels with rectangular panels. The parapet wall is decorated with four closed kiosks on the corners and two in the center. Parapet wall is further decorated with merlons. The dome rests on the high octagonal drum. Around the drum there are recessed rectangular panels and the perimeter is adorned with merlons and small turrets. The top of the dome has inverted lotus flower mouldings with an iron rod as a finial
Latitude: 27.848261000
Longitude: 67.956936000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh
Published In: Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh
Year of Publication: 2021
Bibliography/Reference: Shiekh, Nilofer
