Asaf Jahi · Civic building
Mahbub Chowk Clock Tower
also Mahboob Chowk
Asaf JahiCivic buildingINTACH listed
A Victorian clock tower beside the Jama Masjid and the old bird market west of Charminar, named for the sixth Nizam. Recorded on Mapping HYD as a asaf-jahi civic site in Charminar, with protection status marked intach-listed.
- Mahbub Chowk Clock Tower is a documented asaf-jahi 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 1892.
- Current mapped status: intach-listed.
- Built
- 1892
- Access
- Open access
- Area
- Charminar
- Location
- 17.3592, 78.4705
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