Data Darbar, Lahore, Pakistan
Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman al-Jullabi al-Hajweri al-Ghaznawi or Abul Hassan Ali Hajweri (Arabic: علی بن عثمان الجلابی الهجویری الغزنوی ) (sometimes spelled Hujwiri), also known as Data Ganj Bakhsh (Persian/Urdu: داتا گنج بخش ) or Data Sahib, was a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century. He significantly contributed to the spreading of [...]
Allama Iqbal Tomb
The Tomb of Allama Muhammad Iqbal is a simple but impressive structure located in Lahore, Pakistan in the Hazuri Bagh lawn between the Badshahi Mosque and the Lahore Fort where both the grand structures (the Mosque and the Fort) face each other. Official guard is maintained by Pakistan Rangers. The architecture reflects a combination of [...]
Uch Sharif
Uch Sharif is one of the beautiful historical sites in Pakistan. Located at the confluence of the Sutlej and Chenab, Uch Sharif is a wonderful tourist destination. Different historians have different views about the history of Uch Sharif, some say the town was there before the reign of Bikramajit. Uch Sharif was under the Hindu [...]
Qasim Fort
The Qasim Fort is a small fort constructed in the eighteenth century by the Talpur dynasty when the port of Karachi traded with Oman and Bahrain. The fort was stormed by the British in 1839 because of the strategic location of Karachi. Although the fort is now buried beneath the naval base, the lighthouse is [...]
Merewether Clock Tower
Merewether Clock Tower or Merewether Tower is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.It was raised by public subscription as a memorial for Sir William L. Merewether, who served as ‘Commissioner-in-Sindh’from 1867 to 1877.It is important landmark at the confluence of I I Chundrigar Road (previously McLeod Road) and M A Jinnah Road (previously Bunder Road). Designed [...]
Butkara Stupa
The Butkara Stupa is an important Buddhist shrine in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been originally built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but it is generally dated slightly later to the 2nd century BCE. The stupa was enlarged on five occasions during the following centuries, every time by building over, and encapsulating, [...]
The Kanishka stupa
The Kanishka stupa was a monumental stupa established by the Kushan king Kanishka during the 2nd century CE in today’s Shah-ji-Dheri on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. The stupa was described by Chinese pilgrims in the 7th century as the tallest stupa in all India. Archaeologists have examined the remains of the structure and determined [...]
Hazrat Syed Ismael Shah Bhukari
Darbar mubarak of Hazrat Syed Ismael Shah Bhukari Naqshbandi Sahib (ra) and then continued by his eldest son Syed Muhammed Ali Shah Bhukari Naqshbandi Sahib (ra), younger son Syed Usman Ali Shah Bukhari Naqshbandi Sahib (ra) and grandson Syed Ghazanfar Ali Shah Sumsam Bhukari Naqshbandi Sahib (ra). The Mazar and main masjid were both constructed [...]
Nausherwani tombs
Nausherwani tombs or Noshirwani tombs are located near Qila Ladgasht in Mashkel tehsil, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Nausherwani tombs are a set of nine tombs dating back nearly 800 hundred years. According to district gazetteer of Kharan (1906) there were nine tombs of which two have collapsed by 2004. The district gazetteer of 1906 [...]
Masjid-e-Tooba
Masjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Locally, it is also known as the Gol Masjid. Masjid e Tooba was built in 1969 in Defense Housing Society, Karachi. It is located just off main Korangi Road. Masjid e Tooba is probably the largest single dome mosque in the world. It [...]
