Hyderabad, January 24: Abu Muzaffar Mohiuddin Mohammad Aurangzeb Aalamgir (4 November 1618 – 3 March 1707) was the 6th ruler of Moghal Sultanate. He had bought two canons especially from Delhi in 1668. Along with these two canons he had also brought 16 powerful canons. One of the two cannons was called “Fateh Rahber”. This canon played a historic role in bringing success to the Moghal forces; hence named ‘Fateh Rahber’.
An exact replica of ‘Fateh Rahber’ is another canon named ‘Azdaha Paikar’ by Aurangzeb. The impressive canon ‘Fateh Rahber’ is 20 feet long with Arabic and Persian inscriptions on it. This mighty cannon is mounted on Petla Burj at “Athara Seedhi”.
Earlier a watchman was deployed to take care of this cannon but today there is neither a watchman nor a guard to protect the historic heritage.
The Azdaha Paikar cannon was used in the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s second siege against the Qutub Shahi rulers in 1687. It played an important role in the siege operations for breaching the granite walls of the Fort. The cannon is about 14 feet, 10 inches in length and the diameter of the bore is 2 feet 4 inches”. There is a Persian inscription on ‘Azdha Paikar’ which reads- “Abul Muzaffar Mohiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir Badshahe Ghazi (Victorious King) 18th year, of the auspicious reign, in the holy Hijra year 1085 A.H.”
This mighty Gun is located near the Makkai Darwaza of Golconda Fort, mounted on Musa Burj, a Decagon, about 55 feet high. ‘Azdha Paikar’ is located inside an Army training base hence it is inaccessible for civilians.
Though the archeology department has kept the two mighty cannons in its supervision but negligence is meted out regarding the security and protection of the historical cannons. Hence the government and archeology department is vehemently appealed to protect the memorial of Islam and Muslim renaissance.
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