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17/09/22 12:06 PM IST

Hyderabad deserves UNESCO world heritage tag

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  • Six walls of Qutb Shahi Tombs Complex in Hyderabad have been restored recently and it will help make a strong case for Unesco World Heritage City.
Qutb Shahi Tomb 
  • The Qutub Shahi Tombs are located in the Ibrahim Bagh (garden precinct), close to the famous Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, India. They contain the tombs and mosques built by the various kings of the Qutub Shahi dynasty.
  • Quṭb Shāhī dynasty, (1518–1687), rulers of the kingdom of Golconda in the southeastern Deccan of India, one of the five successor states of the Bahmanī kingdom. The founder was Qulī Quṭb Shah.
  • The Qutb Shahi tombs complex consists of 30 tombs, mosques and a mortuary bath.
  • The tombs belong to the rulers of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, their queens and children and the nobles who faithfully served them.
  • It contains the epigraphically documented tombs of five of the dynasty's seven sultans, as well as those of another four members of the royal family, spanning the 130-year period from 1543 to 1672. 
Source-Times Now 

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