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    3/22/22, 11:14 AM Charminar | building, Hyderabad, India | Britannica

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    Charminar, (Urdu: “Four Minarets”) historic monument located at the heart of


    Hyderabad, west-central Telangana state, south-central India. The city, which is the
    capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states, was also the capital of the
    historic princely state of Hyderabad.

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    The Charminar in the old city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
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    The monument was built in 1591 by Muḥammad Qulī Quṭb Shah, the fifth king of the
    Quṭb Shāhī dynasty, reportedly as the first building in Hyderabad, his new capital.
    Over the years it has become a signature monument to and an iconic symbol of the
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    Over the years, it has become a signature monument to and an iconic symbol of the
    city’s heritage. According to one legend, the Hyderabad region was reeling from a
    devastating plague at the time that Muḥammad Qulī Quṭb Shah was shifting his
    capital from nearby Golconda to the new city. He commemorated the end of the
    plague by building a mosque, which became known as Charminar because of its four
    towering and distinctive minarets, one on each of the building’s four corners. It
    formed the centrepiece around which Hyderabad was planned.

    Now regarded as one of the supreme architectural achievements of the Quṭb Shāhī
    period, the Charminar is a grand architectural composition in Indo-Saracenic style.
    It is built of granite and lime mortar with stucco ornamentation. The square
    structure measures 66 feet (20 metres) to a side. Each side faces one of the cardinal
    directions and has a pointed arch that is 36 feet (11 metres) wide at the base and
    reaches 66 feet high at its apex. A multisided column rises on each corner of the
    structure and, atop a lotus-leaf base, continues upward until it culminates in a
    minaret with a dome-shaped roof 160 feet (49 metres) above the ground. Each
    minaret is accessed via a spiral staircase on its interior wall and consists of four
    levels, each of which features a delicately colonnaded covered walkway around the
    exterior wall. Above the arches of the main structure are two stories. The first was
    once used as a madrasah (Islamic college) in the Quṭb Shāhī era, and the second
    houses a small mosque. In addition to the mosque, the Charminar has 45 other
    prayer areas. The Charminar’s roof and minarets afford panoramic views of
    Hyderabad, notably the historic Golconda Fort to the west and the bustling Lad
    Bazaar—adjacent to the Charminar—which is famed for its traditional lacquer
    bangles studded with coloured glass and stones.

    This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.

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