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Ibrahim Rauza, Mosque

Facing east towards the tomb, the facade of the mosque has five arches with elaborate plasterwork on the spandrels. Above them, a wide eave is supported by lotus brackets. Above the eave is an elaborate parapet composed of an ornamental screen with regularly spaced turrets. The high corner minarets are divided into stories and have an unusual cluster of colonnettes at the base. The spherical dome is raised on a high neck decorated with long petals. Both the mosque and the tomb are elevated on a common plinth in the middle of a formal garden.

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