A thickly inhabited area to the left side of Berun-i Mir Jumla Tank Street, which lies in a slanting manner on the map, and the Annaram road heading forwards from the Berun-i Mir Jumla Tank Street Road towards the north, is portrayed well on the map. The area around the Annaram road is much of unoccupied, while closely around the Berun-i Mir Jumla Tank Street graves are visible on a large scale. Also, Takya, Makbarah, Ashur Khana, and Chilla are identifiable on the map. Takya is the place where a Muslim monk or dervish resides. The word 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. Ashur Khana literally means a house of the 10th day Muharram or Shiite house of mourning. A mourning place for Shias during Muharram festival constructed in the memory of Imam Hussain. There are many Ashur Khanas identifiable in the city of Hyderabad, and construction of those was traceable back to the Golconda Sultanate, indeed, indicate the Shiite affiliation of Qutb Shahis. And, the word Chilla has many meanings like 'retreat' in western religious terms, whereas both in Arabic and Persian literally means forty. It is a spiritual practice of penance and solitude in Sufism. The Sufi/dervish isolated from any human contact and remain in a practice of meditation without food for forty days and nights within a small room like the ritual of Arbaeen, an observance take place for forty days after the Muharram 10, especially of Shia Muslims. So, here the buildings also seem such one.
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