Uch Sharif Shrines
اوچ شریف
One of South Asia's oldest Sufi holy cities. The blue-and-white tiled dome of the Bibi Jawindi Tomb is on the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list.
Uch was once a center of learning between Sindh and Punjab, and the Suhrawardi Sufi order flourished here. The most famous site is the 15th-century Bibi Jawindi Tomb. Its octagonal body is covered in blue-and-white glazed tiles, and half of it has collapsed in floods, a unique kind of incomplete beauty. Nearby are the Baha-ul-Halim Shrine and the Jalaluddin Bukhari Shrine. Uch is about 75 km from the city center. Admission is free, but visitors must remove their shoes to enter the shrines, and women should wear a headscarf.
Opening hours
Daytime
Nearby sights
- Panjnad Headworks
- Sadiq Garh Palace
- Derawar Fort
- Noor Mahal
- Jamia Masjid Al-Sadiq
- Bahawalpur Central Library
- Bahawalpur Museum
- Gulzar Mahal