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Bagh-i Aam ki Masjid

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Creator(s)
patron: Osman Ali, Nizam of Hyderabad (Indian (South Asian), 1886-1967)
Time period
creation date: 1934
Location
Site: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India)
Cultural context
Indian (South Asian)
Islamic
Description
Constructed began in 1924. Officially called Masjid-i Osmania, it is located just past the crenellated gate of the Bagh-i Aam or the Public Gardens. It is a reinforced cement concrete (RCC) construction, an innovation of the time. There are two large Niyaz khanas on either sides of the mosques for cooking and feeding the public on special religious occasions.
exterior, view from east, showing a shamiana tent laid out on Friday for worshippers, 1986
Work type
Mosque
Medium
reinforced concrete
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Rights
(c) Arjun Mangaldas 1986
Access rights
All rights reserved
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