HYDERABAD ONCE HAD WORLD'S LARGEST WALK IN WARDROBE

The Nizams Museum also features Wardrobe of H.EH Nawab Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, the sixth  Nizam   of  Hyderabad (1869-1911) which is also the world's biggest or largest walk through wardrobe which is one of its kind, showcases some of the costumes worn in the city during the early 19th Century

A truly phenomenal exhibit in its own right, the wardrobe, is 176 ft. long and is made of the finest of  the Burma teak. It is constructed on two levels.

The Nizam never repeated his clothes and once worn, his clothes were given away. Therefore, there is no authentic record of his wardrobe. An attempt is made to recreate one section based on the photographs of his clothes and the historical accounts of that period. In the absence of any of his personal items, the remaining sections of the wardrobe are used to highlight the various costumes of men, women and children of Hyderabad.

There are at  present more than ten buildings in the Purani Haveli. The main building which accommodates the Nizam’s museum is flanked by two long wings running parallel to each other. The wardrobe and the Nizams Museum or the Purani Haveli Museum or the Silver Jubilee Museum, Hyderabad, Telangana, India are located in one of these wings.