The shrine of Hazrat Pir Hadi Rahnuma is on Lawrence Road. It is a
splendid but old edifice, now in a state of decay, built on a raised
platform. The mausoleum is built in the form of a summer house, and has
double rooms and verandas on all the four sides, each being built in the
form of a dome. There are five arched rooms on each side. Pir Hadi
Rahnuma was a descendant of Hazrat Shams Tabrizi whose mausoleum is at
Multan. The saint died in 1282. The saint was very popular with the
Khojas who built a splendid edifice to the memory of the saint. The
mausoleum was originally decorated with marble lattice work of exquisite
beauty. Round the roof there were raillints of marble. The arches were
supported by pillars of sandstone. The mausoleum was deprived of these
decorations by the Sikhs.
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