Hayat Bakhshi Begum, mother of Abdullah Qutb Shah, founded a village that took her name. It had a mosque and Saray, located nine miles east of Hyderabad. The mosque, built on a square terrace, measures about 150 feet on each side. It has five arches leading to a double prayer hall with five other arches dividing the hall into two equal parts. The terrace is reached by five steps from the raised courtyard. It is approximately 450 x 400 feet.
In the center of the terrace is a small ablution cistern. The mosque façade is ornamented by small pillars enclosing five cusped arches placed between each large arch, and these in turn are all surmounted by a broad parapet wall incised with intertwined arches.
The mosque roof is made of sunken domes
in each bay. The niche (mihrab) in the qibla wall is of smooth plaster devoid of inscription. The mosque’s large, oblong courtyard is surrounded by a huge quadrangle, containing 145 separate rooms constructed of massive masonry. These are meant for student use. Outside the wall of the quadrangle are remains of some 50 rooms meant for travelers, hence the word Saray.
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(Wajahat Ahmed Khan is the great-grandson of Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur. He has been actively vocal about the neglect of Tipu Khan Bridge, Tipu Khan Sarai, Tipu's Dwar and Tipu's LookOut. Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur was a legendary Horseman and teacher of Horsemanship to the Nizam VI and Nizam VII. The tradition of Equestrianism continues in Wajahat Ahmed Khan, is involved in Equestrian sports. Wajahat Ahmed Khan is a trustee/ caretaker of Waqf-properties endowed by Late Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur sahab— including Mosques and other religious properties .
Wajahat Ahmed Khan has publicly appealed for preservation of the heritage institutions built by his ancestor (Sarai, bridge, mosques), emphasising their historical and social value to Hyderabad.)
