The mausoleum of Mirza Jani Baig Tarkhan who had to submit to the invincible army of the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1591, presents a picturesque and colorful sight. The brick masonry, in alternate courses of glazed dark-blue and unglazed red bricks, represents a high standard of Sindhi craftsmanship. The mausoleum stands on a terraced platform of Sandstone, in the center of a courtyard that has an exquisitely carved mihrab on the western side. The main building is octagonal in plan, with half-domed recesses on four sides and arched door-frames richly carved in geometric tracery. Above the doorways are beautiful panels containing Arabic inscriptions, delicately written in white enamel on dark-blue tiles. The interior of the building is splendidly covered with wall tiles, the finest in Sindh.
District: Thatta
Visit hours:
Summer: 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Winter: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location
| Mirza Jani Beg Turkhan |
| قومی شاہراہ Makli, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan |