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Old City Hyderabad

Old City, Hyderabad
ఓల్డ్ సిటీ హైదరాబాద్
پرانے شہر حیدرآباد
Suburb
400-year-old Makkah Masjid of Hyderabad (1885)
400-year-old Makkah Masjid of Hyderabad (1885)
Nickname(s): City of Pearls, City of Minars, City of Lakes
Old City, Hyderabad is located in Telangana
Old City, Hyderabad
Old City, Hyderabad
Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°21′58″N 78°28′34″E / 17.366°N 78.476°E / 17.366; 78.476Coordinates: 17°21′58″N 78°28′34″E / 17.366°N 78.476°E / 17.366; 78.476
Country  India
State Telangana
Region Deccan
Founded 1592
Government
 • Body GHMC, HMDA
 • Mayor Bonthu Rammohan
 • Commissioner M. Mahender Reddy, IPS
 • Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi
Area
 • Total 260 km2 (100 sq mi)
Elevation 536 m (1,759 ft)
Languages
 • Official Telugu, Urdu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500 xxx
Telephone code 91–40, 08413, 08414, 08415, 08418, 08453
Vehicle registration TS 07,08,09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24
Planning agency GHMC, Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority
Climate Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation 603 millimetres (23.7 in)
Avg. annual temperature 26.0 °C (78.8 °F)
Avg. summer temperature 35.9 °C (96.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 23.5 °C (74.3 °F)
Website www.ghmc.gov.in

The Old City, Hyderabad is a walled city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located on the banks of the Musi River built by Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 AD. It remained the royal seat of the Nizam of Hyderabad until the end of the reign of the last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (r. 1911–1948). Named after Hyder Mahal, wife of the ruler Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah, Hyderabad takes pride in its possession of magnificent antiquated structures, domical mosques, and monuments (r. 1580–1611). Once a vibrant city teeming with palatial mansions of Nawabs and mosques, the old city of Hyderabad today is a little crowded but remains the symbolic heart of cosmopolitan Hyderabad along with HITEC City. The old city of Hyderabad a tourist hot spot, and the heart of Hyderabadi Muslim culture.

The old city is one of the main places where the Urdu language spoken and the official language of the Hyderabad State under the Nizams in 1884 AD. The large Muslim population primarily speak a dialect of Urdu known as Dakkhani or Deccani (meaning "language of the Deccan"). Urdu is also widely spoken and understood.Telugu is also spoken and could be understood and is also an official language

As the historical region of Hyderabad, the old city contains many landmark buildings including, Charminar (literally "Four minarets"), a structure built on the spot where Quli Qutb Shah prayed for the end to a plague epidemic.


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