Chowmahalla Palace

Chowmahalla Palace
Afzal Mahal, Chowmahalla Palace
Chowmahalla Palace is located in Hyderabad
Chowmahalla Palace
Chowmahalla Palace
Location in Hyderabad, Telangana
General information
TypeRoyal Palace
LocationHyderabad, Telangana, India
Coordinates17°21′30″N 78°28′18″E / 17.358247°N 78.471701°E / 17.358247; 78.471701
Construction started1750
Completed1880s
Awards and prizesNational Tourism Award (Best Maintained and Differently abled Friendly Monument), 2017
Original useSeat of the Nizam of Hyderabad
Restored2005–2010
Restored byPrincess Esra
OwnerAzmet Jah

Chowmahalla Palace or Chowmahallat is the palace of the Nizams of Hyderabad State located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1] It was the seat of power of the Asaf Jahi dynasty (1720-1948) and was the official residence of the Nizams of Hyderabad during their reign. Presently the palace is converted into a museum but the ownership still lies with the family.[2]

The palace is constructed at the location of an earlier palace of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty and Asaf Jahi Dynasty[2] close to the Charminar. Construction of the palace as it stands today was started by Nizam Ali Khan Asaf Jah II[3] in 1769. He ordered the building of four palaces from which the nomenclature of Chau Mahalla was acquired.[4] The word chār or chahār, and its variation chow, means "four" and the word mahal means "palace" in Urdu, Hindi and Persian.[5]

  1. ^ Jayyusi, Salma K.; Holod, Renata; Petruccioli, Attilio; Raymond, Andre (2008). The City in the Islamic World, Volume 94/1 & 94/2. BRILL. pp. 605–609. ISBN 978-9004162402.
  2. ^ a b Nayeem, Dr. M.A. (2009). The Royal Palaces of the Nizams. Hyderabad: Hyderabad Publisher. pp. 70–71. ISBN 9788185492261.
  3. ^ "Restoration of the Chowmahallatuu Palace Complex". RMA Architects. 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ Nayeem, Dr. M.A. (2009). The Royal Palaces of the Nizam. Hyderabad: Hyderabad Publisher. p. 74. ISBN 9788185492261.
  5. ^ 1 Fatma 2 Srivastva, 1 Tooba 2 Sangita (8 August 2020). "Grandeur of Nizam's Textiles and Clothing at Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad" (PDF). Textiles and Clothing Research Centre e-Journal. 4 (8): 1 – via Tcrc.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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