The romantic East: Burma, Assam, & Kashmir - Khamkoo

THE BRIDGES AND THE CITY 165
Srinagar. The first coming down the river is at
Kanbal, not far from Islamabad which lies two
miles back from the river, the second on Bij-Behara,
and the third at Pampur. But the bridge below
the museum in Srinagar, where the river turns to
the north, is called " the first bridge
" or Amiran
Kadal, and close to this bridge on the left bank is the
solidly-constructed Maharaja's Sher Garhi palace,
and next to it the palace of General Raja
Sir Amar
Singh, brother of the Maharaja. The General's
palace has an electric light installation, and the
exterior is illuminated by arc -lights.
A canal
called the Kut-i-kul is cut from the left bank of
the river below Sher Garhi to the Naya Kadal,
and the canal is crossed a few yards from the
river by the Tainki Kadal.
The next bridge over the Jehlam below Sher
Garhi is called Haba Kadal, and then comes Fatteh
Kadal towards the end of the reach to the north.
Below the latter bridge on the right bank is the
mosque of Shah Hamadan, built on the foundations
of a Hindu temple in the reign of Kutab-ud-din
in honour of the Saint Mir Sayyad Ali of Hamadan.
The mosque
is a square wooden building, with