Makli Town and Makli Necropolises
Pakistan /
Sind /
Thatta /
World
/ Pakistan
/ Sind
/ Thatta
World / Pakistan / Sind / Hyderabad
city, necropolis, town, place with historical importance, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Makli is One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan.
Legends abound about its inception, but it is generally believed that the cemetery grew around the shrine of the fourteenth-century Sufi, Hamad Jamali. The tombs and gravestones spread over the cemetery are material documents marking the social and political history of Sind.
Imperial mausoleums are divided into two major groups, those from the Samma (1352–1520) and Tarkhan (1556–1592) periods. The tomb of the Samma king, Jam Nizam al-Din (reigned 1461–1509), is an impressive square structure built of sandstone and decorated with floral and geometric medallions. Similar to this is the mausoleum of Isa Khan Tarkhan II (d. 1651), a two-story stone building with majestic cupolas and balconies. In contrast to the syncretic architecture of these two monuments, which integrate Hindu and Islamic motifs, are mausoleums that clearly show the Central Asian roots of the later dynasty. An example is the tomb of Jan Beg Tarkhan (d. 1600), a typical octagonal brick structure whose dome is covered in blue and turquoise glazed tiles. Today, Makli is a United Nations World Heritage Site that is visited by both pilgrims and tourists.
Legends abound about its inception, but it is generally believed that the cemetery grew around the shrine of the fourteenth-century Sufi, Hamad Jamali. The tombs and gravestones spread over the cemetery are material documents marking the social and political history of Sind.
Imperial mausoleums are divided into two major groups, those from the Samma (1352–1520) and Tarkhan (1556–1592) periods. The tomb of the Samma king, Jam Nizam al-Din (reigned 1461–1509), is an impressive square structure built of sandstone and decorated with floral and geometric medallions. Similar to this is the mausoleum of Isa Khan Tarkhan II (d. 1651), a two-story stone building with majestic cupolas and balconies. In contrast to the syncretic architecture of these two monuments, which integrate Hindu and Islamic motifs, are mausoleums that clearly show the Central Asian roots of the later dynasty. An example is the tomb of Jan Beg Tarkhan (d. 1600), a typical octagonal brick structure whose dome is covered in blue and turquoise glazed tiles. Today, Makli is a United Nations World Heritage Site that is visited by both pilgrims and tourists.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makli_Hill
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 24°45'21"N 67°53'32"E
- Kotri (کوٹڑی) 79 km
- Hyderabad 87 km
- Jamshoro 88 km
- Jamnagar 329 km
- Morbi (Morvi) 363 km
- Rajkot 394 km
- Ahmedabad 499 km
- Gandhinagar 507 km
- Jodhpur 537 km
- Anand 564 km
- Makli Necropolis 1.5 km
- Thatta Makli 1.7 km
- Lake 7.8 km
- Hadero Lake & Wild Life Sanctuary 8.5 km
- Natural Lake 13 km
- Var 23 km
- SAJAWAL FISH FARM 24 km
- Keenjhar Lake 26 km
- Village syed sher ali shah 28 km
- TADHO LAKE - Part 2 31 km
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