Opposite Sarangpur Darwaja, Sidi Bashir's minars are all that remain of the mosque named, as the legend goes, after Ahmed Shah's favourite slave. More than 21 m high, the minarets are built on flexible sandstone which protects them from earthquake-damage. If one of the minarets is shaken, its twin starts vibrating as well but the connecting passageway remains unmoved. Entry, however, is restricted now. Nothing like this has been seen anywhere in India except the Raj Bibi masque which was taken apart by the British to study its mechanism. They were unable to put it back together.
