This photograph shows a general view of the tomb of Islam Shah at
Sasaram taken by Joseph Beglar for the Archaeological Survey of India in
1870s. Islam Shah, son and successor to Sher Shah Suri, planned a tomb
of considerable size which dates to around 1550. However it was never
completed due to his premature death soon after and subsequent civil war
in the Suri territories. Like that of Sher Shah Sur, the unfinished
tomb was designed to be surrounded by water and its construction was
begun on an artificial island in a tank. The Bengal List (p. 370-1)
records that it is '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.'
Source: British Library
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