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Photo: Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of PakistanField guides / Sindh / Tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
Field guide · Heritage
This is the Kalhora Period tomb of Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro and his nephew Mian Fazal-e-Ali son of Sarfaraz Khan Abbasi Kalhoro.
It is a burnt brick structure plastered with lime. It is built on a raised platform. It has four minarets and a large dome on top. It has niches inside with arches and decorated with frescos. On the exterior can be seen arches and decoration of Hala tiles.
Why go
Ghulam Shah chose one of the three hills above the Indus at Neroon Kot — a fishing village named after its ruler Neroon — and built a fort of fire-baked brick there in 1768, the Pacco Qillo. The town that grew around it became Hyderabad and served as the capital of Sindh under both the Kalhoras and, after 1783, the Talpurs. His tomb is among the most richly tiled of the Kalhora mausolea.
The man who founded Sindh's capital and shaped its last century of independent rule before the British conquest of 1843.
The founder of Hyderabad, buried in the city he made, under some of the finest Kalhora tilework in Sindh.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March. Hyderabad is very hot from April onwards.
Getting there, Hyderabad is roughly 160 km from Karachi on the M-9 motorway. The Pucca Fort monuments sit together in the old city and are walkable as one visit.
Allow, Two to three hours for the Pucca Fort complex; a half day including the Talpur and Kalhora tombs.
Straight-line distance from Tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, within 30 km.
