Qutb Shahi · Civic building
Badshahi Ashurkhana
Qutb ShahiCivic buildingState protected
A royal congregation hall for Muharram built soon after the city itself. The walls carry some of the finest surviving Qutb Shahi tile mosaic (naqqashi). Recorded on Mapping HYD as a qutb-shahi civic site in Charminar, with protection status marked state-protected.
- Badshahi Ashurkhana is a documented qutb-shahi civic in Charminar.
- Marks the shift from court city to administrative metropolis
- Still readable in today’s streetscape and public use
- Associated construction or major phase dated around 1595.
- Current mapped status: state-protected.
- Built
- 1595
- Access
- Open access
- Area
- Charminar
- Location
- 17.3625, 78.4783
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