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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: ca. 1900, alteration date: converted to house offices of State Archives, then Andhra Pradesh Government Departments of Irrigation and Public Works, 1950sen_US
dc.creatoral-Mulk, Nawab Fakhren_US
dc.dateca. 1900en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-05T20:51:26Z
dc.date.available2007-11-05T20:51:26Z
dc.date.issued1895-1905en_US
dc.identifier112558en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/22671en_US
dc.descriptionNawab Fakhr al-Mulk, (1860-1934), was a nobleman, belonging to the extended family of the Salar Jangs. He was an assistant minister for judiciary, police and postal departments, and member of the Cabinet Council from 1893-1917. The Nawab built this large palace on a hilltop in Somajiguda. Set in spacious grounds of 400 acres and enclosed by miles and miles of compound walls, this was one of the largest palaces built at the turn of the century. Inside the walls were formal gardens, bridle paths, picnic grounds, two full-sized polo grounds, tennis courts and a pond for boating. A staggering 600 rooms constituted the palace comprising of mardana, zenana, two large drawing rooms, a banqueting hall, billiard rooms and card rooms. Since the 1950s, first the State Archives and then the Public Works Department occupied the Iram Manzil.en_US
dc.descriptionexterior, central entrance from east, showing stairs, 1986en_US
dc.relation.ispartof130544en_US
dc.rights(c) Arjun Mangaldas 1986en_US
dc.subjectPalacesen_US
dc.subjectAdaptive reuseen_US
dc.subjectMansionsen_US
dc.subjectIslamic cities and townsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Indiaen_US
dc.subjectResidential architectureen_US
dc.subjectDeccan (India)en_US
dc.titleIram Manzilen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode36-37en_US
vra.culturalContextIndian (South Asian)en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypePalaceen_US
vra.worktypeMansionen_US
dc.contributor.displaypatron: Nawab Fakhr al-Mulk (Indian (South Asian), 1860-1934)en_US


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