Bathing place in the tank near the tomb of Hasan Khan Suri, Sasaram. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from an elevated position, looking down onto the tank, with the bathing platform in the centre. The dome of Hasan Khan Suri's Tomb can be seen in the background.
Close view showing details of arches on the ground floor of Hasa Khan Suri's Tomb, Sasaram. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Showing a row of three pointed arches which form one section of the octagonal arcade which runs around the lower storey of the tomb.
General view of the uncompleted tomb of Islam Shah (commonly known as Salim Shah), Sasaram. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 370-371, where, owing to the confusion of nomenclature, the same building is described separately under each name (items 138 and 139).
Bridge leading to Islam Shah's Tomb, Sasaram. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography The unfinished tomb was built on an artificial island in the tank, 'approached by a stone bridge, formed of flat slabs resting on piers and supporting projecting bays. There are eleven openings in the bridge, each 33' feet broad by 500' [surely 50'?] long.' ('Li...