Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Multan
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed was a Sufi saint who was martyred sometime between 1592 and 1601 CE. Biographical details of the saints life and his work are scarce, but he is thought to have been a descendent of Hazrat Abdul Qadir Gilani via his father, Syed Hamin Bakhsh Gilani. The saint was born at Uchh Sharif around 1545. He served in the Mughal army during the reign of Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605 CE) and frequented Delhi and Agra. Upon his martyrdom, he was initially buried alongside his father in Uchh Sharif. Later, after preparation of his tomb, his body was brought to Multan in 1616 and was re-interred at the present site. The present buildings comprise a single-dome tomb and triple-dome mosque adjacent to one another. The shrine building, on the south, includes an antechamber on the east side which is decorated with a wooden door covered in silver sheathing (likely the work of Bahawalpuri silversmiths). On the west side is a closed room for the graves of women who were interred near the saint. The central domed chamber, measuring 6.7 m on a side internally, houses the grave of the saint under a wooden canopy. The buildings exterior decoration, including blue-glazed tile work, was refurbished in 1912 by Munshi Jan Muhammad and again in 1933, according to dates given on the glazed tiles. The overall form of the shrine follows the Multani standard established by the Bahauddin Zakariya shrine in the mid-13th century. Its essential form comprises a square lower level, an octagonal drum and a hemispherical dome. The mosque, to the north of the shrine, includes three domed chambers with the central dome larger than the side domes (to the north and south). As with the shrine, the facades are decorated with Multans distinctive blue and white tiles.
Latitude: 30.190321000
Longitude: 71.471497000
Ownership: AUQAF
Legal Status: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985
Title of Publication: Hazrat Musa Pak Shaheed Tomb & Mosque, Multan, Pakistan
Published In: https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/sid/1395/pakistan/multan/hazrat-musa-pak-shaheed-tomb-&-mosque
Year of Publication: 2021 (Retrieved)
Bibliography/Reference: Anonymous
