Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah on Fort Canning Hill : close-up



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19 May 2003

Photographed By M. Ashif Padili

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This 2003 photograph shows a close-up of Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah. It shows a tomb made of black ceramic material with a top and bottom row of light-coloured small square tiles. A crescent and star are inlaid in the middle. Title devised by Library staff.


Subjects

Tombs--Singapore--Fort Canning Park--Photographs

Historic parks--Singapore--Fort Canning Park--Photographs

Fort Canning Park (Singapore)--Photographs

Categories

Death customs

Parks and gardens

Historic buildings

Places of interest

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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.

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