Back चौमोहल्ला पैलेस Hindi Չաումահալի պալատ Armenian ചൗമഹല്ല പാലസ് Malayalam Chowmahalla-palasset NB چومحلہ محل PNB Дворец Чаумахалла Russian சௌமகல்லா அரண்மனை Tamil చౌమహల్లా పాలస్ Tegulu چومحلہ محل Urdu Cung điện Chowmahalla Vietnamese
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| Chowmahalla Palace | |
|---|---|
 Afzal Mahal, Chowmahalla Palace | |
  Chowmahalla Palace Location in Hyderabad, Telangana | |
| General information | |
| Type | Royal Palace |
| Location | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Coordinates | 17°21′30″N 78°28′18″E / 17.358247°N 78.471701°E |
| Construction started | 1750 |
| Completed | 1880s |
| Awards and prizes | National Tourism Award (Best Maintained and Differently abled Friendly Monument), 2017 |
| Original use | Seat of the Nizam of Hyderabad |
| Restored | 2005–2010 |
| Restored by | Princess Esra |
| Owner | Azmet 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 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Nayeem, Dr. M.A. (2009). The Royal Palaces of the Nizams. Hyderabad: Hyderabad Publisher. pp. 70–71. ISBN 9788185492261.
- ^ "Restoration of the Chowmahallatuu Palace Complex". RMA Architects. 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Nayeem, Dr. M.A. (2009). The Royal Palaces of the Nizam. Hyderabad: Hyderabad Publisher. p. 74. ISBN 9788185492261.
- ^ 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.
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