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and 1936, and are the work of are carried in procession during VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
the British architect Vincent Esch. Muharram (see p673), and are
on display here through the Practical Information
P Badshahi Ashurkhana year, on Thursdays. Ranga Reddy district. 633 km
Patthergatti Rd. Open daily, with Exquisite, intricately (393 miles) N of Chennai. *
permission of the caretaker. patterned, enamel-tiled 6,809,970. ~ 16 km (10 miles) N
This historic building, the mosaics adorn the central of city. n AP Tourism, (1800)
Ashurkhana or “Royal House niche and the western wall, 4254 6464. ( daily. _ Muharram
of Mourning”, was built in 1595 in glowing yellow, orange (Mar/Apr), Mrigasira (Jun).
by Muhammad Quli Qutb and turquoise. The outer Transport
Shah, the fifth Qutb Shahi ruler hall with wooden colonnades k 22 km (14 miles) S of city. £ @
(see p671), as a congregation was added later.
hall for Shias during the month
of Muharram. It houses T Charminar P Falaknuma Palace
beautiful silver and gold alams See pp666–7. Near Naya Pul. Tel (040) 6629 8585.
(ceremonial standards), studded U Mecca Masjid Open daily. 8 must book at http://
with precious stones. These See p666. telanganatourism.org.in/nizam-
palaces-tour
The most opulent of the Nizams’
many palaces, Falaknuma Palace
was built in 1872. The front
façade is in Palladian style, while
the rear is a jumble of Indo-
Saracenic domes and cupolas.
The lavish interior has tooled
leather ceilings created by
Florentine craftsmen, furniture
and tapestries ordered from
France, and Italian marble.
The Nizams’ most important
guests, including King George V,
stayed here, but after the death
of the sixth Nizam here in 1911
(after a bout of drinking), the
palace fell into disuse. Acquired
by the Taj Group in 1995, it is
Splendid 17th-century tiled mosaics in the Badshahi Ashurkhana now a luxury hotel.

Hyderabad City Hussain Sagar,
Centre State Archaeological Museum The Residency,
SECUNDERABAD
Railway Station
1.5 km (1 mile)
1 Purani Haveli Airport R O A D
16 km (10 miles)
(Nizam’s Museum)
2 Salarjung Museum R O A D J H A N S I
3 Osmania General A L A U D D I N R O A D B REDDI R D
Hospital J . L . N E H R U M A H A R A N I NH-9
4 Badshahi Ashurkhana Birla
5 Charminar GOSHAMAHAL M A U L V I Imliban Bus R O A D Archaeological
Museum
6 Mecca Masjid Station J U N G
CITY COLLEGE ROAD S A L A R
Osmania
General
Hospital
Golconda A F Z A L G A N J R O A D Naya Salarjung
Pul
Fort Museum
M u s i
M I R A L A M M A N D I R O A D
High
Court
PE T LA BU RZ R OA D Badshahi
Ashurkhana
MAHBOOB SHAHI ROAD PATHERGATTI RD P A THERGA TTI
BENGALURU Purani Haveli
(Nizam’s Museum)
0 metres 500 Key
0 yards 500 LAAD BAZAAR ROAD Charminar Street-by-Street area:
see pp666–7
Mecca Masjid
Airport Falaknuma
22 km (14 miles) Palace
For keys to symbols see back flap
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