QUTB SHAHI HERITAGE PARK
CONSERVATION
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Funerary mosque (north east of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah’s Mausoleum) The funerary mosque situated to the north east of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah's mausoleum has three arched openings with bud-shaped arch-crowns and floral medallions. A rectilinear band surrounds each arched bay. The arches and squinches have floral arch-crowns in the internal chamber. Each of the three bays are covered by shallow domes and the central recessed mihrab with fives sides. Each side is further subdivided into four sections vertically, with the first and the third sections having rectilinear moulding and the second and fourth sections having an arch shaped moulding detail. The condition assessment before conservation observed algae deposits on the internal and external surfaces, flaking of plaster layer at parts on internal and external facades and water ingress at western wall.
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