HISTORIC SAIDANI MA TOMB IN SECUNDERABAD LIES IN UTTER NEGLECT

 C R GOWRI SHANKER

   Rare picture of Saidani Ma tomb

Other than its architecture, the structure is one of the few magnificent tombs built in memory of a commoner.

    Though located along a busy road, the tomb is deserted with plaster on the dome and walls peeling off leaving black patches. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad:

Other than its architecture, the structure is one of the few magnificent tombs built in memory of a commoner. The tomb in Mughal and Qutb Shahi styles with elaborate stucco decorations and fretwork screens (jalis) was built by Nawab Abdul Haq Diler Jung for his mother Hazrath Saidani Ma Saheba in 1883.

Diler Jung was a senior official during the reign of the sixth Nizam, Nawab Mir Mahabub Ali Khan. The floor of the tomb covers the grave. The tomb of Diler Jung is towards the northern side of his mother. 

The tomb has a graveyard at the rear, and a Wakf building occupied by retailers selling, among other things, engine oil.

                                      

Nov 21, 2016