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{{Short description|Palace in Hyderabad, India}}
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| location = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
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[[File:Khursheed Jah Devdi, photographed by Claude Campbell.png|thumb|left|Khursheed Jah Devdi, photographed by Claude Campbell in the 1890s]]
'''Khursheed Jah Devdi''' is a [[Europe]]an styled architectural palace located in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nanisetti |first=Serish |date=2022-12-31 |title=Restoration of Baradari remains key, garden a challenge |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/restoration-of-baradari-remains-key-garden-a-challenge/article66324674.ece |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It was built by the Ancestors of [[Paigah family|Paigah]] noble Amir-Paigah Khursheed Jah Bahadur Shams-ul-Umra IV,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/khursheed-jah-devdi-cries-for-attention/article6215239.ece |title=Khursheed Jah Devdi cries for attention |author=Andhra Pradesh |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2014-07-16 |accessdate=2016-04-08}}</ref> Its interiors were once adorned with expensive carpets and exclusive chandeliers. It is located at Hussaini Alam, just a kilometre from the historic [[Charminar]].

Despite numerous demands for restoration by heritage activists, the Khursheed Jah Devdi, once home to the Paigah nobles slowly crumbled to ruins.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.siasat.com/news/devdi-khurshid-jah-state-dilapidation-389976/ |title=Devdi Khurshid Jah in a state of dilapidation |website=Siasat.com |date=2013-01-12 |accessdate=2016-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/150-year-old-palace-ruins-authorities-continue-neglect-khursheed-jah-devdi-55782|title=150 year old palace in ruins, but authorities continue to neglect Khursheed Jah Devdi|date=2017-01-16|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-07-19}}</ref> In 2023, authorities have allocated Rs. 12 crore to restore the property and restoration works is being taken up.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/138-year-old-khursheed-jah-devdi-to-morph-into-cultural-space-with-rs-12-crore-facelift-in-hyderabad/articleshow/97427399.cms|title=138 year old Khursheed Jah Devdi to morph into cultural space with Rs 12 crore facelift in Hyderabad|last=Sengupta|first=Sudipta|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=2023-01-30|access-date=2024-07-20}}</ref>

== History ==
Located in Shah Ganj, between the city palace of [[Asman Jah]] and the palace [[Viqar-ul-Umra|Iqbal-ud-Daula]] named after Khurshid Jah though it was built during the time of his grandfather Shams al-Umara II, (1781–1893). Built over a high plinth, the two-story palace has very spacious rooms and verandas. The European style façade is marked by Ionic columns and a barrel-vault roof. The palace served as a women’s college in 2008.

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[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State]]
[[Category:Palaces of Paigah of Hyderabad]]

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