Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s1.5

c16.s1.5

The tomb of Mubārak Shāh Saiyyad² is 30 feet each octagonal side, 74 feet wide, and the height of the dome, excluding the finial, is 50 feet. Here, the central dome is raised higher than in the original prototype, the Telangānī tomb. The height of the verandah, too, is increased; pinnacles (*guldastās*) are provided at the angles of the polygonal drum; kiosks (*Chhatrīs*) replace subsidiary domes, and an arched lantern crowns the summit in place of the usual finial.³ But there is one defect also. In the upper part the structure rises above the spectator's eyes and from the average line of sight these parts are foreshortened. The result is a slightly stunted elevation.