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Mah Laqa Bai Tombs Complex – Moulali
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Mah Laqa Bai Tombs Complex
Mah Laqa Bai Tombs Complex is located near Moula Ali hamlet of Malkajgiri in Ranga Reddy District very near to ECIL X Roads.
Mah Laqa Bai was born in the year 1768. She was also called as Mah Laqa Chanda. She was an prominent 18th century Urdu Poetess and considered influential in the court of second and third Nizam of Hyderabad. She died in the year 1824 and her tomb was constructed at Moula Ali.
Mah Laqa constructed a wall compound where she frequently held mushairas. Inside this compound she had built a Tomb for her Mother in the 1792.
After her death, Mah Laqa was buried next to her mother. The Tomb was constructed in typical Mughal and Rajasthani architectural style in the Char Bagh pattern.
On a carved teak wood door of her Tomb an inscription in Urdu is inscribed. Along with the Tomb, the complex contains the pavilion in the centre which is decorated with stuccowork followed by the sarai, a mosque and two step wells.
How to reach
Malkajgiri is located nearly 10 km from the centre of Hyderabad and is well accessible by road.
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