Shrine of Sheikh Rukn-Alam
Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fatah 1251 to 1334 was a widely loved scholar and became head
of Suhrawardiya Sufi sect founded by his father Baha-ud-Din Zakaria. The
structure is built entirely of red brick and timber. The building has two
octagonal lower storey’s strengthened by buttresses an supporting massive
spired dome almost 20 metres in diameter, and has a total height of over 30
metres. The interior and exterior are decorated with garters of glazed tiles in
blue and turquoise laid in regular geometric bas-reliefs. Inside are dozens of
chevron shaped ridges laid out on the ground like graves, but the tomb of the
saint is draped under a cloth in a canopy. The tomb was built between
1320-1324.
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi at Uch Sharif, Pakistan
Bibi Jawindi, the great granddaughter of the saint Jahaniyan Jahangasht, was
known for her piety. Her tomb is considered one of the most important, and the
most ornate, sites in the town of Uch, which was the centre of Sufism under the
Delhi sultanate. In plan it is octagonal on the exterior, with the interior
walls angled to form a circle. The thick walls rise to two stories,
transforming by way of squinches into a sixteen-sided drum upon which a dome
sits, supported by bell-shaped brackets. Both the interior and exterior walls
are decorated with a profusion of faience revetment. The tomb is in poor
condition. The tomb dates back to 1494 approximately.
Hazrat Makhdoom Syed Rajan Qattal Bukhari at Uch Sharif, Cholistan, Pakistan
Muhammad Hussain Khalipha on Darbar Hazrat Jalal ud Din Surkh posh Bukhari at
Uch Sharif, Pakistan
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