Tomb of Ahmad Kabir

Name of Monument: Maqbara Ahmad Kabir

Location: Between Villages Chatta Pahur and Jhandir Wah, tehsil Dunyapur

Date of Construction: c.13th Century

Material and Method of Construction: Brick construction, Finished in Fair face brickwork.

The tomb is square in plan and rests on high plinth like its contemporary town of Sadden Shaheed in Muzafar Garh District. The important features of the tombs are gwaska niches inscribed with Sura Kausar (ch.108) and sura Ikhlas (ch.112). The tomb is crowned with word Allah under a trefoil adorned with a border containing Al-Mulk-O-Lillah in Kufic script. The corners of the square plan have offsets accommodating vertical panel inscribed with qur’anic verses. The wall surface above the plinth his highly decorated with abstract vegetal motives which run all around the building. Just above the vegetal motives there are triangular patterns and below the plinth are medallions which have animal motifs of Swan, Lion, Horse, Bull, Camel, Boar each animal which are inspired from Hindu mythology. Each facade of the tomb is divided into frames, borders and gwaska niches.

The interior is simple and contains squinch arches with pendentives in the corners. The circular drum, dome and part of the wall on the southeastern corner was rebuilt. This is probably the earliest Ghorid period tomb in Pakistan.