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Errum
Manzil
Palace
Errum
Manzil
or
Iram
Manzil
is
an
expansive
palace
standing
in
Hyderabad,
Telangana,
India.
It
was
built
around
the
year
1870
by
Nawab
Safdar
Jung
Musheer-ud-daula
Fakhrul
Mulk,
a
nobleman
of
Hyderabad
state.
It
is
located
on
top
of
a
hillock
off
the
Khairatabad
-
Panjagutta
road.
The
mansion
is
located
atop
a
hillock
known
as
Erragadda
or
"red
hill"
in
the
native
Telugu
language.
For
this
reason,
nawab
Fakhrul
Mulk
decided
to
name
the
new
palace
"Iram
Manzil"
(Persian for
'Paradise
Mansion'),
because
the
Persian
word
'Iram'
meaning
'Paradise'
sounds
like
"Erram,"
the Telugu word
for
"red."
He
also
got
the
building
painted
a
shade
of
red
in
order
to
emphasize
the
link,
and
so
you
had
the
red-coloured
Erra
Manzil
on
top
of
Erragadda
hill.
The
nawab
intended
that
the
mansion
be
known
by
two
similar-sounding
names:
'Iram
Manzil'
for
the
Persian-friendly
Muslim
nobility
of
the
state
and
'Erram
Manzil'
for
the
local
Telugu
people.
In
time,
the
latter
name
has
prevailed,
and
"Erra
Manzil"
is
now
the
official
name
of
the
palace.
Irrum
Manzil
was
used
for
royal
banquets
and
other
grand
events.
Later,
the
palace
was
taken
over
by
the
Government
to
be
used
as
a
records
store-house
.
After
some
years
it
was
again
transferred
into
the
hands
of
Public
Works
Department.
Presently
this
palace
houses
offices
of
the
Engineers-in-chief
and
the
Chief
Engineers
of
the
Roads
and
Buildings
and
Irrigation/
Command
Area
Development
Departments.
Recently
the
Government
of
Telangana
said
that
the
heritage
structure,
Irrum
Manzil
would
be
razed
to
the
ground
because
of
its
dilapidated
state.
There
is
huge
effort
to
save
this
heritage
structure
by
the
locals.
This
heritage
comes
under
B2
category
on
the
list
of
archaeological
survey
of
India.
Recently,
a
High
Court
order
made
it
illegal
to
demolish
the
structure.
Built
in
the
Indo-European
Baroque
style
of
architecture,
during
its
heyday
the
palace
had
over
150
rooms
furnished
with
Louis
XVI
furniture,
nine-hole
golf
course,
polo
ground,
stable
for
horses
and
a
dairy
farm.
The
palace
was
full
of
stucco
and
ornamental
works.
The
palace
used
to
overlook
the
Hussain
Sagar,
but
this
view
has
now
been
blocked
by
other
buildings.
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