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[[File:Hyderabad, arco cerimoniale sud della via delle parate, charminar kaman 02 verso charminar.jpg|thumb|right|Char Kaman in front of [[Charminar]]]] | [[File:Hyderabad, arco cerimoniale sud della via delle parate, charminar kaman 02 verso charminar.jpg|thumb|right|Char Kaman in front of [[Charminar]]]] | ||
'''Char Kaman''' (meaning four gates) are four historical structures in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Char-kaman-in-Old-City-faces-monumental-neglect/articleshow/9169234.cms|title=Char kaman in Old City faces monumental neglect - Times Of India|last=Henry|first=Nikhila|date=2011-07-10|access-date=2011-09-05|publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> It is located near [[Charminar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/01/stories/2010070161890300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707143536/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/01/stories/2010070161890300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-07-07 |title=Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Charminar pedestrianisation a far cry? |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2010-07-01 |access-date=2011-09-05 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> | '''Char Kaman''' (literally "meaning four gates") are four historical structures in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Char-kaman-in-Old-City-faces-monumental-neglect/articleshow/9169234.cms|title=Char kaman in Old City faces monumental neglect - Times Of India|last=Henry|first=Nikhila|date=2011-07-10|access-date=2011-09-05|publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> It is located near [[Charminar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/01/stories/2010070161890300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707143536/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/01/stories/2010070161890300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-07-07 |title=Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Charminar pedestrianisation a far cry? |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2010-07-01 |access-date=2011-09-05 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> After the completion of [[Charminar]], at about 75m feet to its north, four lofty arches known as Charkaman were built in 1592 by the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgo97XF0XuYC|title=Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains of the City and Suburbs of Hyderabad|last=Bilgrami|first=Syed Ali Asgar|date=1992|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120605435|language=en}}</ref> | ||
After the completion of [[Charminar]], at about 75m feet to its north, four lofty arches known as Charkaman were built in 1592.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgo97XF0XuYC|title=Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains of the City and Suburbs of Hyderabad|last=Bilgrami|first=Syed Ali Asgar|date=1992|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120605435|language=en}}</ref> | |||
The names of the four arches are ''Charminar Kaman'', ''Machli Kaman'', ''Kali Kaman'' and ''Sher-e-Batil-Ki-Kaman''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/10/stories/2004031000490300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050201020508/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/10/stories/2004031000490300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2005|title=Glory of the gates |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=10 March 2004 |access-date= | The names of the four arches are ''Charminar Kaman'', ''Machli Kaman'', ''Kali Kaman'' and ''Sher-e-Batil-Ki-Kaman''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/10/stories/2004031000490300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050201020508/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/10/stories/2004031000490300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2005|title=Glory of the gates |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=10 March 2004 |access-date=2011-09-05 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The arches are fifty feet high, and demarcate an open square, in front of which a Qutb Shahi palace once existed. Scholar [[Omar Khalidi]] notes that the Char Kaman conceptually resembles the [[Registan]] constructed in [[Samarqand]], [[Uzbekistan]] by the [[Timurids]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khalidi |first=Omar |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/233637198 |title=A guide to architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India |date=2008 |publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT Libraries |pages=5 & 7 |oclc=233637198}}</ref> | ||
[[File:The gateway to the Charminar in Hyderabad on a busy afternoon.jpg|thumb|150px|The gateway to the Charminar in Hyderabad on a busy afternoon.]] | |||
In 1858, the monument was rehabilitated by the fifth [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Afzal-ud-Daulah]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Nineteenth-Century Hyderabad: Re-Scripting Urban Heritage |date=2008-01-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004162402.i-1500.156 |work=The City in the Islamic World (2 vols.) |pages=591 |publisher=BRILL |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> | |||
Charkaman is notified as a heritage structure by [[INTACH]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intach.ap.nic.in/heritagesites.htm|title=HERITAGE - SITES|publisher=INTACH Hyderabad Chapter|access-date=2011-09-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006021909/http://intach.ap.nic.in/heritagesites.htm|archive-date=6 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Quote | Charkaman is notified as a heritage structure by [[INTACH]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intach.ap.nic.in/heritagesites.htm|title=HERITAGE - SITES|publisher=INTACH Hyderabad Chapter|access-date=2011-09-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006021909/http://intach.ap.nic.in/heritagesites.htm|archive-date=6 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Quote | ||
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Char Kaman (literally "meaning four gates") are four historical structures in Hyderabad, India.[1] It is located near Charminar.[2] After the completion of Charminar, at about 75m feet to its north, four lofty arches known as Charkaman were built in 1592 by the Qutb Shahi dynasty.[3]
The names of the four arches are Charminar Kaman, Machli Kaman, Kali Kaman and Sher-e-Batil-Ki-Kaman.[4] The arches are fifty feet high, and demarcate an open square, in front of which a Qutb Shahi palace once existed. Scholar Omar Khalidi notes that the Char Kaman conceptually resembles the Registan constructed in Samarqand, Uzbekistan by the Timurids.[5]
In 1858, the monument was rehabilitated by the fifth Nizam of Hyderabad, Afzal-ud-Daulah.[6]
Charkaman is notified as a heritage structure by INTACH[7]
References
- ↑ Henry, Nikhila (10 July 2011). "Char kaman in Old City faces monumental neglect - Times Of India". Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Charminar pedestrianisation a far cry?". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ Bilgrami, Syed Ali Asgar (1992). Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains of the City and Suburbs of Hyderabad. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120605435.
- ↑ "Glory of the gates". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 March 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ Khalidi, Omar (2008). A guide to architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India. Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT Libraries. pp. 5 & 7. OCLC 233637198.
- ↑ "Nineteenth-Century Hyderabad: Re-Scripting Urban Heritage", The City in the Islamic World (2 vols.), BRILL, p. 591, 1 January 2008, retrieved 11 March 2022
- ↑ "HERITAGE - SITES". INTACH Hyderabad Chapter. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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