Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam Multan
Biography
Shah Rukn-e-Alam was the son of Pir Sadar-Al-Din Arif. He was born in Multan on Fri, the ninth of Ramadan 649 Hijri (26 Nov 1251). He was the grandchild and successor of swayer Baha-ud-din Zakariya.
Shah Rukn-e-Alam died on Fri, the seventh of Jumada al-awwal 735 Hijri (3 Jan 1335). He was buried within the sepulcher of his grandpa, consistent with his own can. when someday, however, his coffin was transferred to this sepulcher.
Shah Rukn-e-Alam presented his religious succession to swayer Hameed ud Din al Hakim, buried at Mau statesman in Rahim Yar Khan, UN agency was his Ataleeq-e-Awwal, Khalifa-e-Awwal and was married to his aunty, the girl of swayer Baha-ud-Din Zakariya.
Mausoleum
The saint remains revered nowadays and his topographic point is that the focus of the pilgrim's journey of over one hundred,000 pilgrims from everywhere South Asia. Shah Mehmood Qureshi current Sajjada Nashin and defender of the sepulcher of Shah Rukn-e-Alam.
The topographic point was designed between 1320 and 1324 metal within the pre-Mughal style of architecture. The topographic point is claimed to own designed by Ghias-ud-Din Tughlak throughout his spot of Depalpur, between 1320 and 1324 metal and was given by his son, Muhammad bin Tughluq to the descendants of Shah Rukn-e-Alam for the latters burial in 1330.
within the Seventies, the sepulcher was totally repaired and restored by the Auqaf Department. the complete aglitter glazed interior is that the results of new tiles and masonry done by the Kashigars of Multan.
