Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s1.8

c16.s1.8

This defect is removed in the tomb of Saiyyad Muhammad, erected some ten years later by his son and successor 'Alāuddīn 'Ālam Shāh.⁴ This tomb, which lies in Khairpur to the north-east of the tomb of Safdar Jung, has the same dimensions as those of Mubārak Shāh, but the height of the central dome as well as the kiosks is elegantly elevated. Besides, there is also symmetry and cohesion in its several parts. Many of its features—use of local grey-stone and pierced stone-screens—were inherited from preceding centuries, but some new ones, chiefly decorative in character, were added to them. These include the use of blue enamelled tiling, refined treatment of surface ornament incised on plaster and embellished with colours, and the lotus finials on the domes, etc. The inner walls are decorated with quotations from the Quran in incised plaster. Besides Muhammed Saiyyad's, there are seven more graves, obviously of other relatives.