Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
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How it came to be
Makli is a plateau 6.5 km long near the apex of the Indus delta in Sindh, southern Pakistan, and along its edge a necropolis of about 10 km² holds some half a million tombs and graves, one of the largest in the world. The nearby city of Thatta was the capital of three successive dynasties and later passed to the Mughal emperors of Delhi, and it was embellished from the 14th to the 18th century.
The Sufi saint Shaikh Jamali founded a khanqah here and was buried on the hill, and the 14th-century Samma ruler Jam Tamachi wished to be buried near him, which began Makli's use as a burial ground. The tomb of Jam Nizamuddin II, who reigned from 1461 to 1509, is a square sandstone building with a Gujarati-style balcony that shows the influence of Hindu architecture.
In the 16th and 17th centuries tombs of Tarkhan and Mughal-era rulers and governors were added. The tomb of Diwan Shurfa Khan, who died in 1638, is counted the most colourful, and the octagonal brick tomb of Jan Beg Tarkhan has a dome covered in blue and turquoise glazed tiles. The site was inscribed in 1981, and the floods of 2010 added to its decay.
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