The area north of Hammam (mortuary bath) had been excavated by the Department of Archaeology and Museums during 1969 – 1972. The present excavations of a wider area after a forty five years gap exposed three structural complexes, one of which was provided with sleeping chambers, store rooms, fountains and remnants of toilets. The fountains and toilets were supplied with terracotta pipes for the supply of running water. The fact that one of the residential complexes was both a mosque and a residential area suggests that the structure might have been occupied by people who had the maintenance charge of the monuments though the water features – tanks, baths, fountains – are very elaborate and numerous.
The second complex has rooms on three sides of the quadrangle with a fountain and what appears to be a small char-bagh – the latter possibly a later alteration suggesting continued use of the area.
A third complex has a number of rooms with water tanks connected with terracotta water pipes and an underground chamber known as Zir-IZamin or Tai khana. In the extreme summer seasons such underground rooms were often resorted, to escape from the sweltering heat.
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- Archaeology Exhibit In Qutb Shahi Heritage Park: Conservation and Landscape Restoration. Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2016.