Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Multan
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: The tomb of Shah Ali Akbar is octagonal in plan, standing on a 1.8 m high square platform measuring 30 m and built in finely baked brick tiles laid in mud mortar. Each octagon has pronounced perpendicular wall, 11.4 m high and supported by sloping buttresses. The interior of the tomb is plastered and embellished with fresco paintings. The surface of the deeply recessed arches of the openings provided to each octagon has been divided into several horizontal and vertical panels. The interior is filled with two main graves placed on a brick platform crowned with a wooden canopy almost in the center.
Latitude: 30.221518722
Longitude: 71.430140444
Ownership: AUQAF
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
