The Grandeur Of The FalakNuma

Through My Lens.

The Falaknuma Palace (meaning the Mirror of the Sky) is one of the ancient palaces in Hyderabad. It

sprawls over 32-acres & is built on a

2,000ft hillock.

The palace was built by the Paigah noble Sir Nawab Vicar- Ul-Umra, then Prime Minister of the

Hyderabad State. He married Shehzadi Jahandarunnisa Begum , Nizams Vl elder sister. 

The palace was gifted to the Nizam

VI HEH Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur who was his brother in law as well.

The palace reflects a rare blend of Tudor and Italian architecture and was built entirely from Italian

marble. It has the shape of a scorpion.

The Palace is built with many types of wood, 10 types of leather and 32 kinds of Italian marble. The hand-

crafted French tapestries, frescos and carved ceilings have Indian and English influences.