It is a good place to visit specially for those people who like history, there are old books, old furniture, old crockery and graves. Place is historical and wood Mahal with engraved detailed design is wonderful.

Beautiful palace...The exquisite design on its windows , doors ,splendid jharokas and stunning work on celling made it is the finest display of artistic splendour

A fantastic wooden work but need government attention about this historical palace

Beautiful historic monument in Chiniot, reminded rich culture and arts of this region but unfortunately not preserved well by authorities, conditions are worsening for this beautiful building day by day.

A great historical place to visit. Now a days working as a library and tourist attraction.

That is very beautiful place in chiniot .one of the famous historical place in the chiniot the build of omar Hayat mahal is smashing.

Omar Hayat Mahal is a great looking place by it still need to improve.

A historic monument with tragic story associated

Need attention of govt never the less beautiful place must visit

I am not hated this place

Its historic place, i would suggest to visit for archaeology lovers.

The one of the historical places of chiniot. The guide man provides all the inforamtion in both english and urdu. It is the best palace i ever visited. It is mostly made up of furniture.

Wonderful site to visit... Traditional wood designing exhibit

Best Place to visit in Chiniot...Amazing Palace...Its Called Umer Hayat Palace...

An awesome place to visit, here you seem out ancestors culture and traditions, i recommend this place to visit

Awesome wood work and fantastic historical Palace.

Omar Hayat Mahal (Urdu: عمر حیات محل), also spelt Umer Hayat Mahal, and alternatively known as Gulzar Manzil, is an early 20th-century wooden haveli mansion in Chiniot, Pakistan.[1][2] The mansion was started in 1923, and was completed by 1935. The mansion, originally 5-storeys tall,[3] was built by Sheikh Omar Hayat - a Chinioti businessman who had made his fortune in Calcutta.[4] The edifice displays outstanding examples of Chiniots local woodworking style, and has been described as an ornament of a building on account of its lavishly decorated interior.[4]

Its a historical place in mid city rushy area.there is a problem for parking but its good to visit

The wood design is so good and unique but the authorities did not preserve it well

It a historical place and a really fine piece of architecture which shows our rich culture

Its good place.....

Mashllah great historical place

Such a historical place but deteriorating due to negligence of govt dept.

A historical place worth visiting

A historical place of dissit chiniot

A historical place. now converted into library. Must visit

Great history. Great staff

Historical place needed the attention of govt.

Omar Hayat Mahal, Chiniot, Pakistan.Omar Hayat Mahal. also spelt Umer Hayat Mahal, and alternatively known as Gulzar Manzil, is an early 20th-century wooden haveli mansion in Chiniot, Pakistan. The mansion was started in 1923, and was completed by 1935. The mansion, originally 5-storeys tall, was built by Sheikh Omar Hayat - a Chinioti businessman who had made his fortune in Calcutta. The edifice displays outstanding examples of Chiniots local woodworking style, and has been described as an ornament of a building on account of its lavishly decorated interior.

Magnificent historical structure, But need maintenance.

Most beautiful place of history........

Love Historical Places like that

Beautiful historical place.

Omar Hayat Mahal, Chiniot, Pakistan. Omar Hayat Mahal. also spelt Umer Hayat Mahal, and alternatively known as Gulzar Manzil, is an early 20th-century wooden haveli mansion in Chiniot, Pakistan. The mansion was started in 1923, and was completed by 1935. The mansion, originally 5-storeys tall, was built by Sheikh Omar Hayat - a Chinioti businessman who had made his fortune in Calcutta. The edifice displays outstanding examples of Chiniots local woodworking style, and has been described as an ornament of a building on account of its lavishly decorated interior.Beautiful Panjab Pakistan ️

The Omar Hayat Palace Library, also known as Gulzar Manzil, is amongst the most notable sites of interest in Chiniot, and its history has become something of a legend.It was built by Sheikh Omar Hayat, a Chinioti, who later settled in Calcutta after marrying against his family’s wishes.

Omar Hayat Mahal alternatively known as Gulzar Manzil, is an early 20th-century wooden haveli mansion in Chiniot, Pakistan.The mansion was started in 1923, and was completed by 1935. The mansion, originally 5-storeys tall,was built by Sheikh Omar Hayat - a Chinioti businessman who had made his fortune in Calcutta.The edifice displays outstanding examples of Chiniots local woodworking style, and has been described as an ornament of a building on account of its lavishly decorated interior.Sheikh Omar migrated from Chiniot to Calcutta in the late 19th century after being ostracised for marrying against his familys will.Large numbers of Chiniots Sheikh tribe had settled in Calcutta during the British era.Sheikh Omars first son, Gulzar, was born in 1920, prompting Sheikh Omars decision to return to his hometown,where he decided to construct a magnificent palace that would feature the best of Chiniots craftsmanship.Syed Hassan Shah was assigned the task of palaces construction. He gathered Chiniots best artisans,as well as from different places, who continued working day and night for 10 ten years. Rahim Bakhsh Pirjha and Elahi Bakhsh Pirjha, masters in the manabat kari style of wood carving, carried out much of the mansions woodworking.Ahmad Din, completed the brickwork, while the celebrated artist Niaz Ahmad Jalandari did the stucco-work. Another celebrated artist, Jan Muhammad, painted the mansions frescoes.The mansion was habitable by 1930, and described as a local wonder by the British authors of the District Gazeteer of Jhang.It was completed in 1935- at a cost of 200,000 rupees.Sheikh Omar died shortly after its completion in 1935.Sheikh Omar Hayats only son, Gulzar, was married in the mansion in an extravagant ceremony in 1937.Gulzar was found dead in the palace the very next day of his marriage, possibly as a result of inhalation poisoning as a result of large volumes of coal that had been burnt for the celebration.He was buried in the courtyard of the ground floor of the palace, alongside with the grave of his mother who later passed.Mr Hayats relatives abandoned the mansion, associating it with bad luck.Servants continued living for a couple of years, though no family members laid claim to the building.In 1940, the Anjuman-e-Islamia organisation opened a school in the building. An orphanage was established in 1948 Sheikh Muhammad Amin, though it was shifted in 1950, leaving the building abandoned once again.Local scavengers dismantled some of the mansions decorative elements, and sold them to collectors in other cities.Two levels of the mansion was removed in the 1970s due to its state of dangerous disrepair, while another level had to be abandoned following severe rains in 1993.The building was brought under government control in 1989, with large portions repaired by the mid-1990s with funds raised by the local community.The mansion is now used a cultural centre and library.

Very old building. Built in 1930 by the rich and famous trader of chinniot Sheikh Umar Hayat. Very beautiful building.

Not properly maintained. Cultural heritage is being demolished.

It is an amazing construction. This building is one of the antique form the past history. Excellent symmetry attracts people. It is a true picture of Muslim civilization. Though this building is famous for its bad luck but its beauty attracts thousands of people every year. Everyone wants to see it again and again. It is situated in chiniot This city is famous for its woodwork, truck stylish decorations. This city is situated on the left bank of Chenab river.

Worth seeing Palace of Mr. Omer Hayat Mahal very historic place made and created by expert masons and quality material from all over the world.But....Misfortune prevailed and his Son died due to suffocation of burning coal used to heat water for bathing and after that all the Family members died and no relative agreed to live in this beautiful palace.This is the sad story of this glory Palace.

Great art work with wood in this Mahal. Off course chiniot furniture are very famous.

Umer Hayat mehal refelect great architecture of 20 century. A pure symbol of love and peace .Chiniot contains such a great number of historical sites

Nice place.

Mahal is not in a good conditionneeds maintenance.authorities should pay attention towards these historical places.

If you are going to visit Chiniot to, i suggest to visit umar hayat mahal chiniot. A building made by chinioti wood artists from Great Pirjha family for sheikh umar hayat from kolkata.He made with love and passion form his family but unfortunately he and his son and wife were passed away after a few months of building of this mahal.Historical department pf Pakistan owns this now. A library is established here with the name of Umar Hayat Library.

So cool

Gorgeous building caused death of owners....Alas

Very Good place in Chiniot

Good old place. Must pay a guide to hear the history of its owners. This place feels like it holds many emotions and many memories within its fabric. I and my wife were overwhelmed by it... You can feel the past here.Upper stories are in delicate condition s and are prohibited to visit.A Must visit.

Its the state of art building. Very famous place In Chiniot but its bad luck for the family that build it.....

This is a historical place in chanioot city which made by sheik Umar e hayat in 1935. Before 2 month of the finalised this palace sheik Umar e hayat was died. Imaginary wood designing done in this palace. This is a very costly place made by 4 lakh on that time .

Well it is one of the most attractive places here in Chiniot to visit. One must visit here to find the best models of wood and brick work. Of course it depicts the excellence of both of the work

Fantastic engineering of the time

Very nice place,,, huge wood work at that time...

Very beautiful place

#UmerHayatMahal its Wonderful Wood creations Historical Lovely Place

Historical place at chiniot

A must visit place in chiniot

Wood masterpiece ,old is gopd

Best place in chiniot

The best masterpiece of Chinioti crafstmanship. 20th-century wooden haveli. Only few people know about this place so it is less crowded. Art lovers should visit it. Sargodha road is in bad condition so make sure if your going on your own convince, bring a car that have good suspension, ground clearance and of course spare tyre.

A beautiful place to visit in Chiniot. This building showed a touch of Beauty and Aesthetic sense crafted in chinioti wood work.Not taken care properly due to which visitors not allowed to visit upper stories.Must visit place if going or passing through Chiniot.

Very beauty full

Great historical place to visit.

One of the historical buildings of Chiniot1

Abdul shakur residence

A historical place, its free to visit, the building consisted of actually 5 floors but due to poor management it only has 3 floors left.You should go to omar hayat mahal as it possesses a horror story in his heart, there are graves inside the mahal of the owner.

Nice place

Nice place

A place with a different history, A historical place in Chiniot. Foreign and local tourist attraction. At least one time visit is recommended

Due to passage of time it is losing its beauty and upper floor is dangerous.

An ancient and well decorated house with unique woodwork worth seeing a traditional quality of chineot

A very unusual experience at a not so famous place. The place is open for public, no entry fee. No parking nearby, so one has to park at distance and walk all the way. The place is quite an exhibit of skills of the workers in those times. Known as Mahal but converted into a graveyard by the Omar Hayat Family, has the graves of prince and his wife in the lounge. The Mahal is good till floor one and 2 but floor 3 is dangerous and may fall.The detail of work done by craftmen on the walls and the architecture to use a small place is wonderful. Ventillation is great at floor 2. There are dusty cabinets with antiques in them.

Nice place

Its a historical place in Chiniot near Islamia Hospital Chiniot. Umer Hayat Mahal, and alternatively known as Gulzar Manzil and Umar Hayat Mahal Library is an early 20th-century wooden haveli mansion in Chiniot, Pakistan. The mansion was started in 1923, and was completed by 1935. The mansion, originally 5-storeys tall, was built by Sheikh Umar Hayat - a Chinioti businessman who had made his fortune in Calcutta. The edifice displays outstanding examples of Chiniots local woodworking style, and has been described as an ornament of a building on account of its lavishly decorated interior

Historical place for visitors in chiniot

Historical place of chiniot.

Nice place

Historical place of Chiniot City

Very nice place

What a place to visitvery good art work of wood and paint

Chiniot, a city in Southern Punjab, is famous for its wealthy traders and intricate woodwork. Chinioti tradesmen once expanded their businesses far and wide, but the fame of the citys woodwork surpasses all else.Umar Hayat Mahal, a five story edifice, hints at the riches of its successful former owner. According to local versions of history, Umar Hayat had married against the will of his family and had to face a social boycott. This ostracism pushed him to leave his hometown and settle in Calcutta.At the time, Calcutta was a major trade hub of the Indian subcontinent, where a large number of Chinioti Sheikhs had settled down in the early decades of the 20th century.By the time his son Gulzar was born in 1920, Umar Hayat had already established himself as a distinguished businessman. But the pull he felt towards his birthplace never faltered...

A very good hystorical place.

Because this is historical place so I love it

Great place that tells you the story of how fate can topple your dreams. The place should have been preserved more carefully than it has been.

Garjakh Gujranwala

Good locking

Beautiful Palace

Its a historical place.

Nice Architecture

Piece of Art. Lovable place

An old historic marvel of Chinioty woodwork is a place worth visiting once in life at least.

Its a beautiful Historical place

Chinot old umer hayat mehal about 100 years ago

Actually its old historical building of our city and currently is functional as a public library thats why I like this building too

It is one of the legendary piece of art construction. Massive amount of woodwork. Unfortunately it is not being taken care of. It is destroying. I went there after 8 years and I was shocked to see that we are gradually destroying this gem. How ignorant we are. This is the place which could become one of the popular spot in Pakistan and we can earn millions of dollars. But we are losing it. The structure is dangerously damaged and could collapse in few years.

Good historical.place

Its the most beautiful piece of history, and a lot of different artists work. It is my prayer that this pace gets fully restored and never gets torn down.

Good historical point to visit. But had no guide.

Beautiful place