Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Multan
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1206 - 1526 CE
Description: A tomb, octagonal in plan, 27.4 m diameter with pronounced perpendicular walls, and supported by buttresses at the angles with taper towards the top and carried up and crowned with small domed pinnacles, the tomb is constructed of finely burnt bricks of excellent quality and supported by timber framing and decorated with at least ten broad or thin horizontal string courses of cut and dressed bricks, tile faced bricks and wooden beams. The interior of the tomb is decorated with bricks both enameled as well as cut and dressed. The whole structure is divided into three storeys.
Latitude: 30.199172028
Longitude: 71.471645528
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
