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Built by Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, Badshahi Ashur Khana is not only one of the oldest monuments in Hyderabad and also among the oldest imambaras in India. During the rule of The Second Nizam of Hyderabad (1802 CE) timber colonnades in facade were added. This building is famous for the enamel tiled mosaics in Persian style which are comparable to those in Lahore and Multan. The building displays a beautiful and intricate style of Islamic Calligraphy and Art. The other structures located in the premises are Naubath Khana, Niyaz Khana and Abdar Khana.

It is believed that the Armenians came to India as traders through the overland route, crossing Persia, Afghanistan and established their commercial centres in Hyderabad. They eventually came to serve under Qutb Shahis and the Nizams of Hyderabad. The burial complex is enclosed within a compound wall, with an entrance towards the east. Under a four pillar structure are tombs that have epitaphs engraved on them. These epitaphs are arranged according to the Great Armenian Era dating system, the starting point of which is still a matter of debate. The view followed is that the Armenians had adopted the Quinn centenary cycle of Areas they reckoned 562 -The date on which the latter calendar was devised the tenth year of their own cycle. Thus 552 became the first year of the Great Armenian Era.

The Qutb Shahi ruler, Abul Hassan Tana Shah, had built this magnificent tomb and grave in 1684 CE in the memory of his ‘ Murshad ’, Hazrat Syed Shah Raziuddin. This tomb stands on a raised square platform which has Dargah Hazrat Syed Shah Raziuddin verandah on top, with bulbous dome constructed in typical Qutb Shahi style of architecture with octagonal stone columns at the base. The exterior walls of the tomb at the 1 st  floor are decorated with beautiful arches.

The British Resident of Hyderabad state, James Achilles Kirkpatrick built this Residency during 1798 – 1805 CE. It was a famed building even among the officials of East India Company as it was for the first time that any Resident had claimed a land as big as this. However it was the residents of this building that held a greater attraction to the public, as James Achilles Kirkpatrick or Hindoo Stuart fell in love with and later married Khair- un Nissa a young noble woman of Hyderabad. There were several quarters in the elaborate and expansive British Residency, including a zenana (women’s quarters) where Khair- un Nissa lived with her daughter and mother.  The colonial styled building was later converted into OU College for Women in the year 1949 CE.