Showing posts with label Hyderabad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyderabad. Show all posts
Aug 8, 2021
British Residency at Hyderabad - c1860's
Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library
Tomb of a Mahomedan Lady at Booran Sahib's Durgah, Near Hyderabad - c1860s
Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library
Mahomedan Roadside Tombs near Hyderabad - c1860's
Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library
Entrance to the Tomb of Boorhan Sahib, Near Hyderabad - c1860s
Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library
Very Ancient Jain Temple at Mucktagberry near Ellichpoor, 280 Miles from Hyderabad - c1860s
Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library
Tombs of the Ancient Kings of Golconda - 1860s
Photographs from the book:
Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Sacrcophagus under the Dome of the Tomb Represented in No.5
Colonnade of the Tom represented in no 9
Source: British Library
Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Sacrcophagus under the Dome of the Tomb Represented in No.5
Colonnade of the Tom represented in no 9
Source: British Library
Apr 22, 2017
Portrait of Azizunisa Begum - Aziz Bagh, Hyderabad, Deccan

Azizunisa Begum was the first daughter of Aziz Jung. From Azizunisa Begum’s first marriage she had one daughter Shahzadi Begum, and Bashiruddin Ahmed. Azizunisa Begum was widowed in a young age. Upon insistence of her father Aziz Jung, she was remarried to Mohammed Hussain Maki. Mr. Makki was employed by Aziz Jung at the time a transcriber of the Aziz-ur-Akhbaar newspaper published by Aziz Jung. Azizunissai Begum had one son and six daughters from her second marriage:
Source: http://www.netnavigate.com/azizbagh/azizdo01.html
Aug 14, 2016
Jan 26, 2016
Fateh Rahbar Gun (the guide-to-victory cannon) in Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana - c1888
The famous Fateh Rahbar (the guide-to-victory cannon) gun positioned atop the Petla Burj of the historical Golconda Fort. This cannon was used by the Aurangazeb Army to storm the Golconda Fort and capture the last Qutb Shahi ruler, Abul Hasan Tana Shah in 1687.
Photographer: Lala Deen Dayal
Youtube video about this gun
Nov 22, 2014
Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - c1880's
Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah. It was 5.7 square kilometres built on a tributary of the River Musi to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. There is a large monolithic statue of the Gautam Buddha in the middle of the lake which was erected in 1992. At the end of the Hussain Sagar one can find the Masjid and Dargah of Sayedani Maa Tomb.
Know more about this lake in Wikipedia
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The Heavily Guarded and screened main gate of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Palace in Hyderabad, India - 1949
The Heavily Guarded and screened main gate of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Palace in Hyderabad, India. Very few have peeped inside. Although he is still the nominal head of the state, the Nizam reputed the World's richest man, the de facto rular is Maj. Gen. J.M.Chaudhuri, the military governor.
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