| Abstrakt: |
Royal cemetery of Derawar is an eternal resting place of the ruling family of former Muslim princely state Bahawalpur. This graveyard has historical importance in the sense that eight rulers of an independent state are inhumed at one place. The other striking feature is its architecture, which is an amalgamation of local and Islamic style and recalls the splendor of early Muslim age. Cemetery has two contrastive style of architecture: flat-roofed tomb and doomed mausoleum. Main hall reflects the customary local style with blue and white glanced tiles. There are seven tombs with domes, two of which are outstanding marbled tombs, which are reminiscent to Tāj Maḥal. The most significant grave is that of Katharine, the wife of Nawāb Sadiq V, situated on the back of main hall, surrounded by delicate marbled screen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
