Though unlike Humayun’s Tomb, which has 64 two bay deep chambers and four corner chambers, Rahim’s tomb only contains four chambers, yet the large terrace of the upper plinth is present. The flooring for the upper plinth would have been in sandstone, which was also possibly stripped in the 18th century. Careful scientific clearance of modern 20th century cement concrete layers has been carried out to investigate the original layers of the terrace concrete. Evidence of the stone thickness and patterns exists, and the plinth which was laid with modern cement concrete is now restored with hand chiselled red sandstone as per original slopes.
As with all stone blocks that were easy to remove, the parapet on the principal level had all been lost from the mausoleum. In order to ensure safety of visitors it was necessary to install a parapet to this level and it was considered best to use traditional material such as sandstone in a style similar to that of Humayun’s Tomb. However, it was considered unnecessary to create lattice screens to this parapet – over 150 m in length.
