Charminar,..# Magnificent and Beautiful Architecture built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah now became the Global icon of Hyderabad in Telangana State -------- There are various theories regarding the purpose for which Charminar was constructed. However, it is widely accepted that Charminar was built at the center of the city, A,..Is to commemorate the eradication of plague ,as Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah had prayed for the end of a plague that was ravaging his city and vowed to build a Mosque at the very place where he prayed,. ---- B,..According to Jean de Thévenot, a French traveller of the 17th century whose narration was complemented with the available Persian texts, the Charminar was constructed in the year 1591 CE, to commemorate the beginning of the second Islamic millennium year (1000 AH). The event was celebrated far and wide in the Islamic world, thus Qutb Shah founded the city of Hyderabad to celebrate the event and commemorate it with the construction of this building, Historian Masud Hussain Khan says that the construction of Charminar was completed in the year 1592,... Yesterday I was at this great Monument and seen the old city too,.. Regards Panoramio Prasanthi,..
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:14:44 +0000