Hyderabad Tourism

Hyderabad is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, situated on the banks of Musi River in the south of India. This is the city famous for pearls and the upcoming projects of Hyderabad are the metropolis. The culture of Hyderabad was improved and developed by seven rulers. The markets of diamonds, pearls, steel for arms, and also printed fabric became famous during the period of Qutb Shahi.

Aurangzeb conquered the Golconda kingdom in 1687 but unfortunately he ruled only for eight months. Aurangzeb contributed towards expanding the kingdom after his death it led to the kingdom declination, and then the Nizam’s came to the power and signed the treaty of Masulipatnam and subsidiary alliance with the East India Company, in 1768 and 1798. Persian was the official language up to 1893 and then Urdu up to 1948. Even though the British rested at Hyderabad, the state continued to be ruled by nizam.

History
There is a love story related to the founding of the city of Hyderabad. As a young prince, Muhammad Quli fell passionately in love with a maiden from Chichlam village across the river Musi. He would even venture to cross the river in spate to keep his tryst with his beloved. Ibrahim Qutb Shah, his father, built a bridge on the river so that the crown prince did not endanger his life. When he ascended the throne, Muhammad Quli built a grand structure, the Charminar, at the site of the village. The city was called Bhagnagar to appease his beloved, Bhagmati. Later on it was called Hyderabad. Bhagnagar means city of good fortune. Farkhunda Buniyad, the Persian chronogrammatic name of the city yields the same meaning.

Hyderabad was modeled after Isfaan in Iran and built under the supervision of the prime minister Mir Momin, a poet, architect and an aesthete-like his master. He tried to create a replica of Paradise itself to suit Muhammad Quli's status as the greatest of the Qutb Shahi rulers. The city was completed in 1592. It has a grid plan of two broad intersecting streets with the Charminar as a kind of triumphal arch at the center. The French traveler, Tavernier in 1652, compared Hyderabad to Orleans 'well built and opened out' and in 1672, Abbe Carr was much impressed by the city as the center of all trade in the East. A stay in any of the good hotels in Hyderabad is the best way to experience its past.