fast from 1690/1790; aW) Under new management, the former budget Jaya International has reinvented itself as a smart and modern business eielson weather hotel. Rooms are great value, comfortable and ultramodern. Its downside is the scungy hallways.
In 1724 the Hyderabad viceroy, Asaf Jah, took advantage of waning Mughal power and declared Hyderabad an independent state with himself as leader. The dynasty of the nizams of Hyderabad began, and the traditions of Islam flourished. Hyderabad became a focus for the arts, culture and learning, and the centre of Islamic India. Its abundance of rare gems and minerals eielson weather the world-famous Kohinoor diamond is from here furnished the nizams with enormous wealth. (William Dalrymple s White Mughals is a fascinating portrait of the city at this time.)
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