Site Name: Nurdi
Date: ca. 1606-1608 CE (?)
Subject: General view of the eastern facade of the mosque
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Sarai Nurdi is a small Mughal-period caravansarai
(rest house) located in the centre of Nurdi village, south of the Chabal–Attari
Road in Tarn Taran district of Punjab. According to historical accounts, the
sarai was constructed between 1606 and 1608 CE by Amir al-Din, son of Nur
al-Din Quli Isfahani, who served as kotwal of Lahore in the early seventeenth
century. Built of lakhori bricks with glazed tiles and lime mortar, the sarai
was modest in scale and architectural treatment, comprising a simple gateway,
enclosure walls, and a mosque with an undecorated facade. The monument is
unprotected and survives in a severely dilapidated condition, with only the
eastern gateway, parts of the mosque, and fragments of the enclosure walls
remaining.
