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Shinkhani Chandio

Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Sindh
District: Qambar Shahdadkot
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 18th Century CE
Description: The Shinkhani Chandio graveyard is located about 13 km south-west of Ghaibi Dero and about 01 km from Deenar Khan Buriro village. It can be accessed from Ghaibi Dero via Deenar Buriro village link road. Shinkhani Chandio graveyard consists of one tomb known as Allahyar tomb and many old and recent graves in the surroundings. The tomb locally known as Allahyar jo Qubo is situated in Shinkhani Chandio graveyard. It is rectangular in shape and is constructed with burnt bricks with mud mortar and is without plaster. All four sides of the tomb are identical having an arched entrance in the center within recessed rectangular frame with recessed rectangular and arched panels on either side of the entrance. There is a row of recessed corbel arch panels above them. The tomb has vaulted-dome which has partially collapsed. Interior of the tomb has four squinches and the grave is decrepit in condition.
Latitude: 27.644385000
Longitude: 67.544497000
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
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