Madina building is

Waqf A waqf ( ar, وَقْف; ), also known as hubous () or '' mortmain'' property is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitab ...

property and built in purpose of serve Hajj pilgrims.

History

Madina Building was constructed with the purpose to support the Residents of

Madina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

(a holy city for

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). The rent of this commercial and Residential building was distributed among the residents of Madina Munawara in Hejaz in olden days. The major contributor is Nawab Alladin. There are around 200 shops and 100 flats in this building.

Commercial area

Madina building is the oldest commercial suburbs of

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, India. It is very close to the historic

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. This is a major traditional retail street in Hyderabad. Madina building is connected with the neighboring commercial areas like

Pathargatti Pathargatti is a boulevard constructed of stone located at Madina center in Hyderabad. History It was built during the time of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 2 ...

, Shehran,

and Laad Bazar which houses shops specially for women and Brides, and daily around millions of business deals are done in this regions. Most of the bridal dress are Exported to neighboring states, United States,

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and many other countries. During the Holy Month of Ramzan you could hardly find the space to stand otherwise the area is completely crowded and locked with the Retail shoppers during Day and Night. The street houses many restaurants which provide city base cuisine food in the menu, there are some popular Hyderabadi restaurants like Madina hotel which serves all the popular Hyderabadi dishes. They are very popular for their

Hyderabadi Haleem Hyderabadi haleem () is a type of haleem popular in the Indian city of Hyderabad. Haleem is a stew composed of meat, lentils, and pounded wheat made into a thick paste. It is originally an Arabic dish and was introduced to the Hyderabad Stat ...

which is served during the Holy month of Ramzan.

Madina Hotel

Madina Hotel, a restaurant which operates out of the building was inaugurated in 1947.

Transport

The buses are run by

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

which connect it to all parts of the city. The closest MMTS Train station is at

Yakutpura Yakutpura (Urdu - ''یاقوت پورہ''; Telugu - ''యాకుత్పురా'') is a traditional and district of the Old City, Hyderabad in Telangana state, India. With a population of 6,335 inhabitants, the size of the area is about 0. ...

Malakpet Malakpet is one of the suburbs in the old city area of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is famous for TV tower which was built by Teegala Sree Ramulu. This is further divided into two parts, Old Malakpet and New Malakpet and is traditionally cons ...

References

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