Khairati Begum
This mosque, partly hidden by recent construction, is located in Khairatabad, a locality close to Hussain Sagar. It is the finest Qutb Shahi monument in new Hyderabad, built in 1633 by the daughter of Muhammad Qutb Shah for her tutor, Akhund Mullah Abdul Malik. The facade of the prayer hall, now whitewashed, is triple arched with taselled roundels in the spandrels. Above this is a cornice of lotus buds raised on petals. An arcade above this stretches between elaborate minarets and wraps around them as a 12-sided gallery surmounted by crenellation. A similar gallery, carried on double layers of petals forms a second tier on the minaret which is completed with a domical finial at the top. Deep and varied geometric patterns cover the minaret shafts. Above the cornice arcade is a parapet of interlocking battlements, punctuated by four small minarets.
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