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Ali Barid Shah

Ali Barid Shah

This ruler was an active patron of architecture. His tomb is considered the masterpiece of Barid Shahi architecture. It stands on a high platform accessed by stairs on all four sides. The tomb chamber has high, arched openings flanked by double tiers of arched recesses. Strips of grey-green basalt outline the arches, tassels, and wall edges. The south-west corner of the platform has several rows of graves. A Persian style char-bagh once surrounded the tomb of which only fragments of enclosure walls and entrance portals remain.

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