Hyderabad Municipal Maps, Chadarghat & Residency Area, Sheet No - 34 Front

The Nampalli neighborhood behind the Hyderabad, also called locally Nampalli Railway Station is visible on the map. The area is completely occupied by the graves of the Muslims and Dargahs, scattered around in large scale. Some graves marked as Makbarah, in which one Gumbaz Yusuf Sahib noticeable, and in between few Takya are also identifiable. Gumbaz denotes a mausoleum housing a tomb. At present, Gumbaz Yusuf Sahib is the center of the pilgrimage of the people belongs to all faith and more well known as Dargah Yusufain, the shrine of the two Yusufs, Yusuf and Sharif. Yusuf and Sharif were the soldiers of the Mughal Emperor Aurangazeb, were the murids (follower) of the Chishti Saint Shaikh Kalim-Ullah Shajahanabadi born in Delhi, whom they met at Mecca during Hajj and followed him to Delhi. Yusuf hailed from Cairo, whereas Sharif was from Iran. Later, they joined the army of Aurangzeb and it during the siege of Golconda, Aurangzeb declared them as the Saints. The story goes like that on a stormy night during the last siege of Golconda, all the tents were destroyed due to the storm blew up except one tent, from that tent candle lights were burning where these two were reading Quran in the candlelight, then Aurangzeb wondered by seeing their spirituality and the storm untouched their tent. Then Aurangzeb asked them to pray for his victory and followed them. They asked Aurangzeb to visit a particular merchant's shop which was near to the Fateh Darwaza, the main gate of the Golconda Fort, where the fort was in weak, hence after the victory, the gate named as Fateh Darwaza (Victory Gate).

A Makbarah of Shah Khamush, adjoined it a Sama Khana are visible. This Makbarah belongs to Shah Kamosh al-Sani, a Chishti Saint, built in 1872, was a celebrated shrine under the Asaf Jahs. The Sama Khana was the the hall, where singing and other performance will take place during 'urs' (death anniversary). The word Dargah means court in Persian, is a shrine, built over the grave of a holy figure like a saint or Sufi, becomes significant after the death of the saint, and devotion towards the saint leads to the transformation of his grave into the center of pilgrimage and annual ceremonies, are seen as the popular places of worship over a period of time. Makbarah denotes for grave especially of Muslims, derived from the Arabic word Qabr. But it would not refer to the graves of all in general, only considered to those people who associated with the preaching of Islam or lead their life according to Islamic principles like religious figures, Sufis, Imam etc. And, Takya is the place where a Muslim monk or dervish resides. a