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'''Aziz Bagh''' is a historic residence in [[Hyderabad, India]], was owned by the scholar and senior [[Indian Administrative Service|civil servant]] [[Dr Hasanuddin Ahmed, IAS]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The grand old man of Aziz Bagh|date=3 Feb 2013|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|author=M. Roushan Ali|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20130203/282750584116297}}</ref> It was built in 1899<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|title=Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces|author=Sarah Khan|date=22 January 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/travel/once-a-land-of-princes-and-palaces.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> by the [[Persian literature|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] scholar and poet Aziz Jung Bahadur. In 1997 it was given a Cultural Heritage Award by [[INTACH]], the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.<ref>[http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm Awards (Heritage Awards Programme) 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022152136/http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm |date=22 October 2010 }} INTACH website</ref><br />
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The Aziz Bagh main building is currently owned and occupied by Aziz Jung's two great-grandsons, Shamshuddin Ahmad and Zaheer Uddin Ahmed . Link to Aziz Bagh website; Aziz Bagh, http://www.azizbagh.com] as Aziz Jung’s direct descendants, they are the 5th generation owners and residents born and raised at Aziz Bagh. Their children and grandchildren are 6th and 7th generation respectively. <br />
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This magnificent heritage building is the pride of Hyderabad. Zaheer U. Ahmed currently lives in Naperville, USA and regularly comes back home. He has written a book called, “Aziz Bagh, Heritage Of Culture”, published by Amazon. <br />
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Aziz Bagh is a landmark in the [[Noorkhan Bazar]] area of the [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|Old City area]] of Hyderabad.<br />
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Its south-facing facade includes a [[portico]] with [[Ionic order|Ionic]] columns and also shows [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] influences.<ref>[https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/20232 MIT Libraries Digital Collections]</ref><ref name=mit-pdf>{{citation|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|author=Omar Khalidi|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and MIT Libraries|year=2009|url=http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/69102/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf}}</ref> The interior features polished marble flooring and a collection of Deccani-Islamic heirlooms.<ref name=mit-pdf /> The property and surrounding compound cover around 3 acres.<ref name=nyt /><br />
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In 2013 it was designated a heritage structure by Hyderabad's Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) agency, along with 14 other structures, upon recommendation by the Heritage Conservation Commission of the [[Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/15-more-buildings-get-heritage-tag/articleshow/18068201.cms |title=15 more buildings get heritage tag |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><br />
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