Mazar-e-Quaid
Mazar-e-Quaid (, ), also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a traditional style with a minor influence of modernist style, it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city. The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah's sister, Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation") Fatima Jinnah, as well as those of Liaquat Ali Khan and Nurul Amin, the first and eighth Prime Ministers of Pakistan respectively. The tomb of
Key facts
- Monument.name
- Mazar-e-Quaid
- Monument.native_name
- مزارِ قائد
- Monument.native_name_lang
- ur
- Monument.image
- PK Karachi asv2020-02 img52 Mazar-e-Quaid.jpg
- Monument.image_size
- 250
- Monument.alt
- White-marble cuboid mausoleum topped by a dome
- Monument.caption
- View of the mausoleum from the Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road
- Monument.location
- Jamshed Quarters, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Monument.designer
- Yahya Merchant
- Monument.type
- Mausoleum
- Monument.material
- White marble, copper lattice work
- Monument.begin
- 31 July 1960
Article
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- Architecture
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Mazar-e-Quaid (, ), also known as Jinnah Mausoleum or the National Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a traditional style with a minor influence of modernist style, it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city. The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah's sister, Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation") Fatima Jinnah, as well as those of Liaquat Ali Khan and Nurul Amin, the first and eighth Prime Ministers of Pakistan respectively. The tomb of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, a stalwart of the Muslim League from Peshawar, is also located there.
==Location== The mausoleum is located in a prominent and highly visible location in the Jamshed Quarters locality of central Karachi, along the northern edge of the colonial-era core at the end of Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road. The mausoleum is surrounded by a large garden laid out in a neo-Mughal style in the dense city, with large traffic rotaries at three of its four corners.