... Great view of one of the most impressive and outstanding monuments at Makli... the tomb of Jam Nizamuddin, the most revered ruler of the Samma Dynasty... completed a year after his death in 1509, the rich ornamentation on his stone tomb speaks of a time of peace and prosperity in the country... the centrepiece of the tomb is a jharoka, an overhanging, enclosed balcony used in Indian architecture... along the exterior of the tomb there are 14 bands of decorative motifs... the monument looks more like a place of worship than a funerary... covering more than 10 sq km, Makli is one of the world’s largest necropolises, acting as the final resting place of more than half a million people, including kings, queens, saints and scholars, governors and philosophers... yet its intricate tombs are little known to travellers today... with great stampsđ...Thanks a lot Tahir! (✿◠‿◠)
Makli is located in the southern tip of Pakistan on the outskirts of Thatta, a historical port city on the Indus River in Sindh.The necropolis rose to importance as a burial site between 1352 and 1524, when the Samma Dynasty made Thatta their capital. Legend has it that a traveller on holy pilgrimage to Mecca stopped at the site and, upon seeing a mosque just outside Thatta, fell in to a state of ecstasy repeating “Hadah Makka li” (this is Mecca for me). A popular Sufi saint of the Samma period, Sheikh Hamad Jamali, named the mosque Makli after the happening.
The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 as an "outstanding testament" to Sindhi civilization between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Stamps:
3X Defence Day Golden Jubilee Celebrations
(issued 07-09-2015)
First Remote Sensing Satellites
(Issued 09-07-2019)
The 50th Anniversary of Safe Operation of Pakistan's First Nuclear Reactor
(Issued 10-02-2016)
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