Treasures of Talpur Ameers: In context to Art and Architecture of Shish Mahal, Khairpur, Sindh

Abstract

The land of Sindh is rich in agriculture and heritage both tangible and intangible as cultural settlement and built heritage as tombs / shrines mosques palaces forts and grave yards. And was occupied by various dynasties from Arabs 711 AD to the present era ruled by indigenous people or alien people in whom Talpur dynasty is one of them rule over Sindh from 1843-1947 AD. First ruler of Talpur dynasty Mir Fatah Ali Khan Talpur, separates the region into three divisions Khairpur (Suhrabani) , Mirpur Khas (Mankani) and Hyderabad (Shahdadani). The Ameers of Khairpur built forts and lexurary palaces and Shahi Palaces, in which Shish Mahal is one of them located in Taluka Kotdiji, District Khairpur. This Palace is beautifully decorated from inside with their good architecture. The objective of this research is to highlight the main features of architecture, scientific documentation and focusing the details of design and decoration. In construction mud bricks with mortar with lime plaster are used and decorated in fantastic floral patterns and embroidery decoration. and to document the layout plan of through GPS and measurements are taken all features drawings photographic Study research provides the data those who are interested in archaeological architectural study of Talpur dynasty of Khairpur, Sindh.