Aziz Bagh

{{short description|Indian historic residence}}

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Aziz Bagh is a historic residence in Hyderabad, India formerly owned by the scholar and senior civil servant Dr Hasanuddin Ahmed, IAS.{{cite news|title=The grand old man of Aziz Bagh|date=3 Feb 2013|work=Deccan Chronicle|author=M. Roushan Ali|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20130203/282750584116297}} Currently the Aziz Bagh main building is occupied by his two sons Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed. [http://azizbagh.com AzizBagh] It was built in 1899{{cite news|title=Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces|author=Sarah Khan|date=22 January 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/travel/once-a-land-of-princes-and-palaces.html|work=The New York Times}} by the Persian and Urdu scholar and poet Aziz Jung Bahadur. In 1997 it was given a Cultural Heritage Award by INTACH, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.[http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm Awards (Heritage Awards Programme) 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022152136/http://intach.ap.nic.in/awards1.htm |date=22 October 2010 }} INTACH website

Aziz Bagh is a landmark in the Noorkhan Bazar area of the Old City area of Hyderabad. Its south-facing facade includes a portico with Ionic columns and also shows Gothic Revival influences.[https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/20232 MIT Libraries Digital Collections]{{citation|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|author=Omar Khalidi|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and MIT Libraries|year=2009|url=http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/69102/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf}} The interior features polished marble flooring and a collection of Deccani-Islamic heirlooms. The property and surrounding compound cover around 3 acres.

In 2013 it was designated a heritage structure by Hyderabad's Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) agency, along with 14 other structures, upon recommendation by the Heritage Conservation Commission of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/15-more-buildings-get-heritage-tag/articleshow/18068201.cms |title=15 more buildings get heritage tag |publisher=Times of India |date=January 18, 2013}}