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Rangin Mahal
This palace, immediately within the Gumbad Gate is one of the best preserved. It dates mainly from the rule of Ali Barid Shah in the mid-16th century. A six-bay hall of carved wood columns forms a rectangular foyer. The columns have elaborate capitals and intricately carved brackets. Entrances to the inner rooms have a frame of multicoloured tilework with Koranic verses above the entrance arch. The inner chambers have more tilework and mother-of-pearl inlay work, mainly around the entrances, and on a panel along the base of the walls.