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The palace was constructed by Kamal Khan, and sold to [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Nizam]] once he expressed his desire for the palace. The young Nizam moved in when he was only 13. After his accession to the throne in 1911, he continued to stay at the palace and did not move to [[Chowmahalla Palace]] where his father lived. | The palace was constructed by Kamal Khan, and sold to [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Nizam]] once he expressed his desire for the palace. The young Nizam moved in when he was only 13. After his accession to the throne in 1911, he continued to stay at the palace and did not move to [[Chowmahalla Palace]] where his father lived. | ||
In the sprawling palace, various kinds of expensive items were stored in steel trunks, fastened with English-made [[padlock]]s.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868973,00.html?iid=chix-sphere The treasure at King Kothi Palace]</ref> The palace has three main buildings, divided into two groups. It also has a huge library used by the last Nizam.<ref>{{cite news |title= A peek into the royal library|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131218072420/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|url-status= dead|archive-date= 18 December 2013|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref> | In the sprawling palace, various kinds of expensive items were stored in steel trunks, fastened with English-made [[padlock]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090203010704/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868973,00.html?iid=chix-sphere The treasure at King Kothi Palace]</ref> The palace has three main buildings, divided into two groups. It also has a huge library used by the last Nizam.<ref>{{cite news |title= A peek into the royal library|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131218072420/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-10/hyderabad/31143312_1_chiran-palace-mukarram-jah-nizam|url-status= dead|archive-date= 18 December 2013|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref> | ||
The eastern half, now occupied by a state government hospital, was used by the Nizam for official and ceremonial purposes. The western half, which is now walled, has the main residential buildings known as [[Nazri Bagh]] or Mubarak Mansion and still belongs to the Nizam’s private estate.[[File:The_Nizam's_army_guarding_the_King_Kothi_palace.jpg|thumb|Soldiers from the Nizam's army guarding the Purdah gate of the King Kothi palace]] | The eastern half, now occupied by a state government hospital, was used by the Nizam for official and ceremonial purposes. The western half, which is now walled, has the main residential buildings known as [[Nazri Bagh]] or Mubarak Mansion and still belongs to the Nizam’s private estate.[[File:The_Nizam's_army_guarding_the_King_Kothi_palace.jpg|thumb|Soldiers from the Nizam's army guarding the Purdah gate of the King Kothi palace]] | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xFHdxH2OsY&ab_channel=Abby GRAVE of Mir Osman Ali Khan- 7th NIZAM of hyderabad] | |||
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