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'''Aziz Bagh''' is a historic residence in [[Hyderabad, India]], was owned by the scholar and senior [[Indian Administrative Service|civil servant]] [[Dr Hasanuddin Ahmed, IAS]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The grand old man of Aziz Bagh|date=3 Feb 2013|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|author=M. Roushan Ali|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20130203/282750584116297}}</ref> It was built in 1899<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|title=Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces|author=Sarah Khan|date=22 January 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/travel/once-a-land-of-princes-and-palaces.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> by the [[Persian literature|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] scholar and poet Aziz Jung Bahadur. In 1997 it was given a Cultural Heritage Award by [[INTACH]], the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.<ref>[http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm Awards (Heritage Awards Programme) 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022152136/http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm |date=22 October 2010 }} INTACH website</ref>

The Aziz Bagh main building is currently owned and occupied by Aziz Jung's two great-grandsons, Shamshuddin Ahmad and Zaheer Uddin Ahmed . Link to Aziz Bagh website; Aziz Bagh, http://www.azizbagh.com] as Aziz Jung’s direct descendants, they are the 5th generation owners and residents born and raised at Aziz Bagh. Their children and grandchildren are 6th and 7th generation respectively.

This magnificent heritage building is the pride of Hyderabad. Zaheer U. Ahmed currently lives in Naperville, USA and regularly comes back home. He has written a book called, “Aziz Bagh, Heritage Of Culture”, published by Amazon.

Aziz Bagh is a landmark in the [[Noorkhan Bazar]] area of the [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|Old City area]] of Hyderabad.

Its south-facing facade includes a [[portico]] with [[Ionic order|Ionic]] columns and also shows [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] influences.<ref>[https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/20232 MIT Libraries Digital Collections]</ref><ref name=mit-pdf>{{citation|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|author=Omar Khalidi|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and MIT Libraries|year=2009|url=http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/69102/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf}}</ref> The interior features polished marble flooring and a collection of Deccani-Islamic heirlooms.<ref name=mit-pdf /> The property and surrounding compound cover around 3 acres.<ref name=nyt />

In 2013 it was designated a heritage structure by Hyderabad's Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) agency, along with 14 other structures, upon recommendation by the Heritage Conservation Commission of the [[Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/15-more-buildings-get-heritage-tag/articleshow/18068201.cms |title=15 more buildings get heritage tag |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=January 18, 2013}}</ref>

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