Errum Manzil

Errum Manzil
General information
Type Royal Palace
Architectural style Indo-European Baroque
Location Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Completed 1870

Erra Manzil or Iram Manzil is an expansive palace standing in Hyderabad, India. It was built around the year 1870 by Nawab Safdar Jung Musheer-ud-daula Fakhrul Mulk, a nobleman of Hyderabad state. It is located on top of a hillock off the Khairatabad - Panjagutta road.[1]

Fakhar-ul-mulk II

Naming

The mansion is located atop a hillock known as Erragadda or "red hill" in the native Telugu language. For this reason, nawab Fakhrul Mulk decided to name the new palace "Iram Manzil" (Persian for 'Paradise Mansion'), because the Persian word 'Iram' meaning 'Paradise' sounds like "Erram," the Telugu word for "red." He also got the building painted a shade of red in order to emphasize the link, and so you had the red-coloured Erra Manzil on top of Erragadda hill. The nawab intended that the mansion be known by two similar-sounding names: 'Iram Manzil' for the Persian-friendly Muslim nobility of the state and 'Erram Manzil' for the local Telugu people. In time, the latter name has prevailed, and "Erra Manzil" is now the official name of the palace.

History

Built in the Indo-European Baroque style of architecture, during its heyday the palace had over 150 rooms furnished with Louis XVI furniture, nine-hole golf course, polo ground, stable for horses and a dairy farm. The palace was full of stucco and ornamental works.

Errum Manzil was used for royal banquets and other grand events. Later, the palace was taken over by the Government to be used as a records store-house . After some years it was again transferred into the hands of Public Works Department. Presently this palace houses offices of the Engineers-in-chief and the Chief Engineers of the Roads and Buildings and Irrigation/ Command Area Development Departments.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Vantage location, hoary past". The Hindu. 5 Nov 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  2. ↑ "A glimpse of Eden in Khairatabad - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-26.

Coordinates: 17°25′10″N 78°27′18″E / 17.41944°N 78.45500°E / 17.41944; 78.45500


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