Hakim's Tomb ( ur, ; ''"Hakeemon ka Maqbara"'') is a 16th-century tomb located in the city of

Hasan Abdal Hasan Abdal ( Punjabi, ur, ), is a city in the Attock District of Punjab Province in Pakistan, located 40 km northwest of the country's capital city, Islamabad. Hassan Abdal is the headquarters of Hasan Abdal Tehsil (sub-district). As home ...

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, across from the

Gurdwara Panja Sahib Gurdwara Panja Sahib ( pa, ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਪੰਜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ , ; ur, ) is a famous gurdwara located in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan. The shrine is considered to be particularly important as the handprint of the founder of Sik ...

. The tomb complex also includes the

Tomb of Lala Rukh Tomb of Lala Rukh ( ur, ) is a historical tomb in Hasan Abdal, Punjab, Pakistan, that is traditionally attributed to Princess Lala Rukh, daughter of the Mughal emperor Akbar. Location The tomb is located on the Islam Shaheed road in Hasan Abda ...

, traditionally attributed to a Mughal princess. The tomb was built for two doctors (''Hakims'') to the

Mughal court Mughal or Moghul may refer to: Related to the Mughal Empire * Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries * Mughal dynasty * Mughal emperors * Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia * Mughal architecture * Mug ...

, the brothers Hakim Abdul Fateh Gilani Masiuddin, and Hakim Humayun Khwaja Gilani.

History

The tomb was ordered to be built by the

Mughal emperor The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled t ...

Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

's minister and superintendent of construction, Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi. Khwaja had intended the tomb to be built for himself between 1581 and 1583, but the two royal ''Hakimss'' were buried there at the command of Emperor Akbar in 1597. Akbar visited the site after returning from one of his trips to

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Architecture

The tomb is octagonal and is a two-story structure. A large Persian style ''

iwan An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ...

'' gateway arch is found on each of the cardinal sides of the tomb, and span the height of both story. Flanking the large ''iwans'' are 4 smaller niches - also built in the Persian style. The tomb is fronted by a small fish pond.

References

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