Palaces of Hyderabad
This list of the palaces of Hyderabad gives an overview of the residences built in this Indian princely state after the Nizam Asaf Jah II moved his capital from Aurangabad to Hyderabad in 1763 . Most of the complexes built at the time of the Pax Britannica were extremely splendid.
Palaces of the rulers
The ruling house owned several dozen smaller and larger residences across the country in Golkonda , Maula Ali, Asafnagar, Lingampalli, the suburb of Mallapet and elsewhere at the end of the 19th century. The more important ones, in the capital, were:
- The Purani Haveli consisted of 11 buildings, on approximately 13 hectares, within a walled district. Asaf Jah II bought it for his son from Rukn ud-Daula and had it renovated. Since Asaf Jah III. moved to the Khilwat Mahal , the complex was called the "old palace." Asaf Jah IV , who was born there, made it his main residence again. Asaf Jah VI. is responsible for the luxurious furnishings. Today the Mukkaram Jah School is located in the palace .
- The Falaknuma Palace was originally built in 1884–93 on 1.2 km² for Viqar ul-Umara († 1902; younger son of Rafid ud-Din). Asaf Jah VI. bought the building on a hill in 1895 to initially use it as a guest house. He died there. The palace will be a luxury hotel from October 2010.
- The Chowmahela Palace was the main residence of Asaf Jah VII until the latter was driven from office in 1948.
- The King Kothi Palace was originally built by Kamal Khan on the outskirts. Asaf Jah VI. bought it for his 16-year-old prince-throne. Since the builder had his initials KK affixed everywhere, the complex was called King Kothi Palace. The deposed Nizam lived in the building called Nazri Bagh . His son Asam Jah ( Shazadi Pasha ) lived in the nearby Eden Gardens.
- The Bella Vista Palace was mainly used by Asam Jah and his family.
- The palace-like Hyderabad House was built in Delhi in 1926 .
Palaces of the Paigah and Jagir
The paigah (literally: "stable") were a class of vassals who were given land and the tax revenue from it for the obligation to perform military service. In many cases they were associated with the ruling house. Jagirs were (large) landowners who were assigned land as tax tenants, for which they had to pay a certain rate to the state treasury. If they could squeeze more out of their subjects, they were left with the surplus. Both groups were usually descended from the Arab-born conquerors who came to the region with Nizam ul-Mulk .
- The Gyan Bagh is the palace of the Raja Dhanrajgiri in Gosha Mahal.
- Iram Manzil from Nawab Fakhr ul-Mulk, built on a hill and with a cellar, has several hundred rooms.
Shams ul-Umara clan
The commanders-in-chief of the army traditionally came from this family.
- The palace of Shams ul-Umara ( Diwan 1848-9) was built in the classic Mughal style. Asman Jah (Diwan 1887–89; older line) renovated it and had the magnificent garden of Khana Bagh laid out.
- The Bashir Bagh was also built for Asman Jah in 1868 at a price of Rs 400,000.
- Asman Jah had the small Asman Ghar Palace built in the Anglo-Gothic style in the suburb of Mallapet at the end of the 19th century .
- A little north of the Falaknuma Palace, the magnificent Jahanuma Palace was built for Asman Jah .
- The palace of Khurshid Jah was initially planned by Shams ul-Umara , but only Rafid ud-Din from the younger line completed it. Inside the palace there is an attractively designed star-shaped cistern ( tara hauz ). Khurshid Jah (= Amir-i-Kabir III) served as the place of judgment for his vassals, the smaller Ishrat Mahal inside.
- Viqar ul-Umara had an extension to the south of the old family palace in the style of the Falaknuma palace.
- Another complex was built for Viqar ul-Umara in the suburb of Begunpet (towards Secunderabad ). A mosque based on a Spanish model in the Saracen style was built there in 1906.
Salar Jung Klan
For several generations, the Shiite family provided the divan of the state, an office that was accompanied by the right to collect taxes ( diwani ) for crown land ( khalsa ) and which offered enormous opportunities for enrichment through the granting of benefices. Owning land as jagir over 333 villages across the country made the clan the second largest landowner after the ruler. In 1901 180150 people were ruled over 3834 km². From the six taluks: Kosgi, Gulbarga, Ajanta (Aurangabad Division), Koppal and Yelbarga (Raichur), Dundgal (Medak), and Raigir (Nalgonda), at the time of one of the biggest famines in India, still 82000 HR surplus was extracted.
The family residence , the Diwan Deori (= Deva Devdi), used by several generations, was originally built by Mir Alam (Diwan 1795–97, 1804–8), then by his son-in-law Munir ul-Mulk (Diwan 1808–36) and Salar Jung I. used. Within the complex there were eight buildings: Diwan Khana (= Noor Mahal) in the Persian style, Khas Mahal, Basanti Haveli, Aina Khana ("Hall of Statues"), Naqqar Khana, Chini Khana, Putli Khana and Naya Makan. The first four of these were built in the time of Mir Alam. Muni ul-Mulk built the next three, Salar Jung had the last building built as a dining room. He had the Nizam Bagh garden laid out for his sons in 1863. Since Salar Jung III. died childless, the building fell to the Indian state and was demolished in the 1970s after it had served as a museum until 1961.
The Baradari Lakar Kot by Mir Alam, built entirely of wood , on the banks of the Musi is a kind of extension . It was reached through the Afzal Gate. Salar Jung I. also had a smaller residence in the Golconda Fort.
Maharaja Chandu Lal
Chandu Lal bought a garden plot ( Nanak Ram ) behind the Charminar . There he had the magnificent Baradari Palace (popularly also: Bagh-i-Ram or Ram Bagh ) built in 1822-30 for Rs. 150,000 . The garden was so large that the products grown in it brought in an annual sales revenue of Rs 10,000. His descendants built:
- Malwala Palace , 100 m east of Char Minar , built in 1845 for Ram Pershad Lal and expanded by Raja Shivraj Bahadur. The family traditionally managed the property tax records of the Mughal provinces of Hyderabad and Bidar.
- The Baradari Palace , 200 m north of the Char Minar, of Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (Diwan 1902-12, 1927-37) third largest landowner, is considered the greatest of the nobles in the country.
Residency
The massive construction of the official residence of the British resident in the district of Chādargāt , which was built in 1803-06, shows from the outside where real power had its seat in the country. Actually, the area was only on loan, the actual residence should have been in Bolarum.
Golconda
As the only significant palace of the previous dynasty, the two-story Musq Mahal has survived from 1693 to the present day. However, it is also empty as a ruin.
See also
literature
- Nayeem, MA: The splendor of Hyderabad: last phase of an oriental culture, 1591-1984. Delhi 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ The life and times of HEH (July 3, 2006)
- ↑ Taj Hotels ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, Hyderabad State; 1909, pp. 52, 294f.
