Char Kaman
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.
Coordinates: 17°21′44″N 78°28′29″E / 17.36222°N 78.47472°E