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Photograph from M. M. Shoemaker 



THE SHAH HAMADAN MOSOUK, SRINAGAR's PRINCIPAL MOSLEM SHRINE 



Constructed of beautifully carved deodar wood and containing a Hindu idol in a niche 

 in its stone foundation, this spired ziarat of Kashmir little resembles the domed mosques 

 of the Near East. 



