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Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam مقبرہ شاہ رکن عالم

UNESCO Tentative List PunjabMultanTomb Historic
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The crowning monument of Multan, city of saints — an octagonal red-brick mausoleum with turquoise glazed tiles, built 1320–1324 by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq for himself but granted to the Sufi saint Shah Rukn-e-Alam. On the tentative list since 1993.

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· DOAM — Govt of Pakistan · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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