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{{Short description|Palace in Hyderabad, India}}
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'''King Kothi Palace''' or '''Nazri Bagh Palace''' is a royal palace in [[Hyderabad, Telangana]], [[India]]. It was the palace where the erstwhile ruler of [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad State]], [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan]], lived.<ref>{{cite news |title= No takers for Nazri Bagh Palace|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-22/hyderabad/29462927_1_mukarram-jah-nazri-bagh-palace-buyer|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121105064806/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-22/hyderabad/29462927_1_mukarram-jah-nazri-bagh-palace-buyer|url-status= dead|archive-date= 5 November 2012|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/king-kothi-nazri-bagh-palace-hyderabad/article18664701.ece|title=Fading Palatial Facade|last=Bhavani|first=Divya Kala|date=2017-05-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-06|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
Initially constructed this palace for his personal residence: Thus, the main gate, passerby corridors, windows and doors were engraved with the sign of "KK". Later when Nizam purchased this palace, the young Nizam felt against his pride to have the abbreviations of other ''[[nawabs]]''; he passed a [[ferman|''firman'']] and changed the abbreviation "KK" to "King Kothi," meaning [[king]]'s [[mansion]]. Thus the name King Kothi came into existence.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Khalidi|first=Omar|url=https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|year=2009|pages=163|author-link=Omar Khalidi|access-date=2020-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925143941/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The palace was constructed by Kamal Khan, and sold to [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|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.

In the sprawling palace, various kinds of expensive items were stored in steel trunks, fastened with English-made [[padlock]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090203010704/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868973,00.html?iid=chix-sphere The treasure at King Kothi Palace]</ref> The palace has three main buildings, divided into two groups. It also has a huge library used by the last Nizam.<ref>{{cite news |title= A peek into the royal library|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131218072420/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|url-status= dead|archive-date= 18 December 2013|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>

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.[[File:The_Nizam's_army_guarding_the_King_Kothi_palace.jpg|thumb|Soldiers from the Nizam's army guarding the Purdah gate of the King Kothi palace]]
The main entrance to Nazri Bagh always had a curtain draped across it, so it has come to be known as the ''purdah gate''. When Nizam went out of the palace, the purdah was lifted to indicate the king was not home. The gate was guarded by Maisaram Regiment, police and [[Sarf-e-Khas]] Army bearing [[lance]]s.<ref>[http://www.ap.gov.in/aptourism/themes/heritage/heritage_monuments_hyderabad1_bottom.html The King Kothi Palace]</ref> The Nizam lived here until his death in 1967.<ref name=":0" />

== Architecture ==
The palace is marked by large arched entrances and columns, intricate woodwork on canopied windows, and a large portico at the entrance.<ref name=":1" />

==Present status==
Of the three principal buildings of the King Kothi complex, only the main building (now housing a hospital) and the Mubarak Mansion (Nazri Bagh) accommodating the offices of the Nizam’s private estates (Sarf E Khas) survive. Both the surviving buildings are in European style.<ref>[http://www.aponline.gov.in/Quick%20links/HIST-CULT/architecture_niz.html Present status of the King Kothi Palace] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706131005/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/architecture_niz.html |date=6 July 2013 }}</ref>

The third building, Usman Mansion, was demolished in the early 1980s. In its place a new hospital building was constructed by the state government. The VII Nizam, [[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan]], the last ruling Nizam (1911–1948), lived here and died in this building on 24 February 1967.

The palace is also home to the [[Judi Mosque]]. Khan willed that he be buried in the mosque that faced his residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/060730/dmag8.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610113243/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/060730/dmag8.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007 }}</ref>

To the east of Mubarak Mansion stands the Ghadial Gate, the gate with a clock.

The King Kothi complex has various European styles. The canopies over windows, the intricate woodwork, the sloping tiled roofs in [[octagon]]al [[pyramid]] shapes of the Ghadial Gate complex, and the classical semicircular arches are among the characteristic features.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xFHdxH2OsY&ab_channel=Abby GRAVE of Mir Osman Ali Khan- 7th NIZAM of hyderabad]

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