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Location 16 miles south of Rohri in Akhbarpur Jagir (District Sukkur).
Project Duration Started: December 2019, On-going.
GPS Coordinates 25.404741° N, 68.365910° E

Board Approval: 6 Dec. 2019 \ Rs. 10 million
Faqir Qadir Bukhsh Ja Quba is the graveyard of the Talpur dynasty. Spread over 35 acres, it is situated 16 miles south of Rohri in Akhbarpur Jagir (District Sukkur). The tombs were built in the 1820s by Mir Sohrab Talpur, the founder of the Khairpur state, interred in the principal tomb inside the necropolis. Known for seizing his territory by defeating the last Kalhora ruler Mian Abdul Nabi in the infamous Halani war of 1783, Mir Sohrab ruled Khairpur for 27 year before appointing his son Rustom Khan as his successor. Mir Sohrab supposedly acquired this piece of land from Faqir Qadir Bukhsh Panhwar, which soon became the ancestral graveyard of the Talpurs, although it retained the name of the Faqir.

Conservation work began in late 2019, on four tombs. One of the tombs, made from mud bricks and mud mortar, has almost completely collapsed from rainwater damage. The three other tombs being worked on have required the extensive support of brick columns during the restoration process. The roof of one tomb had to be completely
removed and reinstalled, and the wooden girders of the second tomb are currently being repaired. Most of the graves are adorned with exquisite marble work in the form of pillars, jalis and katheras. The complex fresco work in one of the tombs has yet to be addressed. Work on this project is ongoing.

Before Preservation

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