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This book highlights the magnificent buildings of great historical and architectural value in Bahawalpur, a former princely state in Pakistan. The imposing forts, magnificent palaces and the shrines of Uch are a living testimony to the grandeur of Cholistan, in the Punjab. Fully illustrated, with more than a hundred photographs, this book serves as a guide and a beacon for archeologists, architects, anthropologists and the general reader.
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Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar is currently Inspector General Frontier Corps in Balochistan, where he is involved in the improvement of educational and health facilities, and the preservation of historical buildings.
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"Given that Major-General Shujaat Zamir Dar has been interested in the natural and architectural history of the country since he was a young boy and that he has implemented a successful conservation project...it should come as no surprise that he was asked to write a book on the history and architecture of Bahawalpur by the Islamia University in Bahawalpur... A pictorial journey into the past, Sights in the Sands of Cholistan: Bahawalpur's History and Architecture explores the thousand-year-old civilisation of the city that stretches along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus River... The most enchanting section of the book, which virtually takes the reader's breath away, is the stunning photography that accompanies the text on the Abbasid palaces."--Newsline
"This is a book that is part history but mainly a cataloguing of the many architectural wonders of the erstwhile State of Bahawalpur... The editing is meticulous and though the contributions come from three different writers, the transition from one to the other is not jarring... The most outstanding feature of holistan is the photographs. They can just be described in two words: simply breathtaking... The book is a visual treat."--The Herald
Major General Shujaat Zamir Dar is currently Inspector General Frontier Corps in Balochistan, where he is involved in the improvement of educational and health facilities, and the preservation of historical buildings.
"Given that Major-General Shujaat Zamir Dar has been interested in the natural and architectural history of the country since he was a young boy and that he has implemented a successful conservation project...it should come as no surprise that he was asked to write a book on the history and architecture of Bahawalpur by the Islamia University in Bahawalpur... A pictorial journey into the past, Sights in the Sands of Cholistan: Bahawalpur's History and Architecture explores the thousand-year-old civilisation of the city that stretches along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus River... The most enchanting section of the book, which virtually takes the reader's breath away, is the stunning photography that accompanies the text on the Abbasid palaces."--Newsline
"This is a book that is part history but mainly a cataloguing of the many architectural wonders of the erstwhile State of Bahawalpur... The editing is meticulous and though the contributions come from three different writers, the transition from one to the other is not jarring... The most outstanding feature of holistan is the photographs. They can just be described in two words: simply breathtaking... The book is a visual treat."--The Herald
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0195473531
- ISBN 13 9780195473537
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages134
- EditorDar S. Z.
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