Makli Hill

E678553

UNESCO World Heritage Site necropolis

Makli Hill is a vast UNESCO-listed necropolis in Sindh, Pakistan, renowned for its monumental tombs and intricate funerary architecture spanning several centuries of regional Islamic dynasties.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Makli Hill canonical	2
Makli Hill necropolis	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ necropolis ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Indo-Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic architecture ⓘ Sindhi funerary architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 10 km² ⓘ approximately 10 square kilometres ⓘ
builtDuring	Arghun dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Samma dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarkhan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTombOf	Isa Khan Tarkhan I NERFINISHED ⓘ Isa Khan Tarkhan II NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaluddin Hansvi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Baba NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufi saints ⓘ various Samma rulers ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
criteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
governingBody	Department of Archaeology and Museums, Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1981 ⓘ
locatedIn	Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ Thatta District NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Thatta NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	plateau near Thatta ⓘ
notableFor	elaborate funerary architecture ⓘ extensive graveyard of rulers and saints ⓘ intricate stone carving ⓘ monumental tombs ⓘ
numberOfBurials	over 500000 ⓘ
partOf	Indus River delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic heritage of South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural heritage of Sindh ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
significantPeriod	14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
threatenedBy	salt efflorescence ⓘ uncontrolled urbanization ⓘ vandalism ⓘ weathering ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Asia-Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName	Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	143 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

necropolis of Makli Hill → locatedOn → Makli Hill ⓘ

subject surface form: Necropolis of Makli Hill

Makli Necropolis → locatedOn → Makli Hill ⓘ

Tomb of Sultan Ibrahim → locatedInCemetery → Makli Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makli Hill necropolis