Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Sindh
District: Thatta
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 14th-16th Century CE
Description: It is situated to the north-east of the tomb of Mubarak Khan near the tomb of Jam Nizamuddin in the northern fringe of the Makli Necropolis. The single-domed square building measures 7.5692 x 7.5692 meters. The stone courses on each side rises upto a height of around two meters above ground level and thereafter brick courses follow. It is open on all four sides by lancet-shaped arched openings. A vertical brick lining on either side of the entrance makes two vertical panels. In the present example the corner squinch starts just above the stone course and then a series of pendentives turn the octagon into a circular base for the dome. There is dental basal decoration as a lining below the domical ceiling. According to plaque on the tomb, Malik Raj Paal son of Malik Unar died in 1479 A.D., while an Arabic plaque inside the building gives the whole genealogy of Malik Rajpal, descending from Firozuddin Jam Umar, and thus relating, to a collateral line of Jam Nizamuddin.
Latitude: 24.775769444
Longitude: 67.902847222
Ownership: Government of Sindh
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Inventory of Cultural Property in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, 2015
Published In: Government of Sindh, Vol 4
Year of Publication: 2015
Bibliography/Reference: Jansen, Michael, Yasmeen Lari
