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Uch Sharif
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Uch Sharif

ਉੱਚاچ

City of medieval Sufi shrines, birthplace of Bulleh Shah.

Uch Sharif, near the meeting of the Chenab and the Sutlej in Bahawalpur district, was one of the great centres of Sufism in medieval India, with the shrines of the Bukhari and Gilani Syeds.

The tombs of Bibi Jawindi and other saints, decorated with blue and white tiles, are among the most beautiful buildings in Pakistan, though half washed away by floods. Bulleh Shah was born here in 1680.

Guru Gobind Singh's escape from Machhiwara disguised as the 'Pir of Uch' recalls the town's fame.

Uch Sharif, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Artifacts

The tomb of Bibi Jawindi, Uch
The tomb of Bibi Jawindi, Uch1494

An octagonal tomb sheathed in blue and white tiles, half of it swept away by flood, standing over the old Sufi town of Uch.

In the world's museums

1 objects
Treron phoenicopteraTreron phoenicoptera16 Dec 1963 · Bahawalpur, Rest house Uch Sharif, Punjab, Pakistan, AsiaSmithsonian, NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division ↗

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