Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam

Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
مقبرہ شاہ رکن عالم
	The shrine of Rukn-e-Alam is one of southern Punjab's most important Sufi shrines
	30°11′56″N 71°28′17″E / 30.19889°N 71.47139°E
Location	Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Type	Sufi shrine
Completion date	1324 C.E.

The Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (Punjabi, Urdu: مقبرہ شاہ رکن عالم) located in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, is the mausoleum of the 14th century Sufi saint Shah Rukn-e-Alam. The shrine is considered to be the earliest example of Tughluq architecture,^[1] and is one of the most impressive shrines in the Indian subcontinent.^[2] The shrine attracts over 100,000 pilgrims to the annual urs festival that commemorates his death.^[3]

^ Bloom, Jonathan (1995). The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300064650.
^ Asghar, Muhammad (2016). The Sacred and the Secular: Aesthetics in Domestic Spaces of Pakistan/Punjab. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783643908360.
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[yale-1] Bloom, Jonathan (1995). The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300064650.

[2] Asghar, Muhammad (2016). The Sacred and the Secular: Aesthetics in Domestic Spaces of Pakistan/Punjab. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783643908360.

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