Section of a Palace Façade Pakistan, mid 1800s wood with metal fittings, 142 1/4 inches (3.61 m) high Gift of Bj Averitt, David Logan, and Dennis Lucero 1993.1

This architectural façade formed part of a courtyard entrance to the palace of Sayyed Akbar Shah, the first and only ruler of the Kingdom of Swat. In 1835 he was selected to govern the newly united Afghan clans of the Swat River valley in present-day Pakistan. He lived in the palace built for him at the political center of Saidu until his death in 1857.


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