Noor Jahan’s fruit knife, Aurangzeb’s sword to be displayed.
The museum houses collections dating from the 2nd century BC to early 20th century AD. About 6,000 priceless items would be on display at the exclusive Islamic art gallery.
Hyderabad: Mughal Empress Noor Jahan’s fruit knife, Aurangzeb’s sword, besides hundreds of priceless items from Persia, India and from the Mughal era, collected by Salar Jung III will be on display at the exclusive Islamic Art Gallery coming up at the Salarjung Museum in the city.
Work on the 15,000 sq. ft art gallery is on in full swing and if all goes well, it will be thrown open to the public in August.
Salar Jung Museum director Dr A. Nagender Reddy told this newspaper on Wednesday that about 6,000 priceless items would be on display at the exclusive Islamic art gallery on the eastern side of the museum.
“The items of the Islamic era are presently scattered across the museum in various galleries. Some are yet to be displayed. We have decided to showcase all such items at one place in the new Islamic Art Gallery. The work is going on at a fast pace and the gallery is expected to be inaugurated in six months,” Mr Reddy said. The Museum is a repository of artistic achievements of diverse European, Asian and Far Eastern countries. Forty years’ collections of Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III are on display.
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