Jamshed Quli Qutb Shah’s Tomb and adjoining tombs, early 1860’s.
The photograph shows the ruinous nature of the principal tomb and indicates that elements such as the finial and the stucco plaster ornamentation is from a later conservation.
Source: J.H. Nixon ; ‘West view of the “City of the Dead,” from the Tomb of Kullee Kootub Shah’ from the Album of Views in His Highness the Nizam’s Dominions
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