King Kothi Palace

King Kothi Palace شاہ کوٹھی محل కింగ్ కోఠి ప్యాలెస్
Entrance gate of the King Kothi Palace
General information
Status	Owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad
Location	Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
Opening	1911
Owner	Nizam of Hyderabad
Design and construction
Architect	Kamal Khan

King Kothi Palace (Urdu: شاہ کوٹھی محل‎, Telugu: కింగ్ కోఠి ప్యాలెస్; or Nazri Bagh Palace) is a royal palace in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was the palace where the erstwhile ruler, the Seventh Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, of Hyderabad state lived.

The palace was constructed by Kamal Khan, and sold to Nizam once he expressed his desire for the palace. The young Nizam moved in when he was only 13. After his accession to the throne in 1911, he continued to stay at the palace and did not move to Chowmahalla Palace where his father lived.

Initially, Kamal Khan constructed this palace for his personnel residence: Thus the palace main gate, passerby corridors, windows and doors were engraved with the sign of "K K". Later when Nizam purchased this palace, as it was a royal residence now, the young Nizam felt against his pride to have the abbreviations of other nawabs; he passed a ferman and changed the abbreviation "K K" to "King Kothi," meaning king's mansion. Thus the name King Kothi came into existence.

In the sprawling palace, various kinds of expensive items were stored in steel trunks, fastened with English-made padlocks.

The palace has three main buildings, divided into two groups. It also has a huge library used by the Last Nizam.

The eastern half, now occupied by a state government hospital, was used by the Nizam for official and ceremonial purposes. The western half, which is now walled, has the main residential buildings known as Nazri Bagh or Mubarak Mansion and still belongs to the Nizam’s private estate.