Ashurkhana Sayyid Jamshed Ali Khan
The Ashurkhana Sayyid Jamshed Ali Khan, also known as the Lohe Ki Kamaan, is an ashurkhana in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. It was built during the Qutb Shahi dynasty in 1060 hijri (1650 AD) during the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah. The entrance gate to the ashurkhana has a wooden tablet engraved with verses from the Quran, and the date of the building's construction. This ashurkhana houses alams (standards) of a unique type which were installed by Nawab Sayyid Mukarram Ali Khan (Qaisar Jang), son of Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Ali Khan (Azim Jang Azim Ud-Daula) the grandson of the famous general of the Mughal king Farrukhsiyar Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan (Amiral Umra), one of the kingmaking Sayyid Brothers during the Mughal period. History Sayyid Mukarram Ali Khan was an eminent noble during the period of the third Nizam of Hyderabad, Sikander Jah. He and his son Nawab Sayyid Jamshed Ali Khan (Ibne-Qaisar Jang) were among the great nobles of the period, the Umra e Uzzam. The alams, installed in 1220 hijri, are of the Asaf Jahi period during Sikander Jah's reign. The alams bear the engravings on their reverse side. The alams are uniquely in the shape of a