Hyderabad, July 6 -- For the first time in the history of Hyderabad, the scion of the Asaf Jafi dynasty offered dhatti and nazrana to the sacred Bibi Ka Alam at Aza Khana E Zehra in Darulshifa instead of the traditional Peeli Gate, Purani Haveli, as the elephant carrying procession was unable to turn due to the heavy rush of mourners.

Aza Khana E Zehra is the historic ashurkhana (a Shia Muslim mourning house) built by the Seventh Nizam Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan in memory of his mother Zehra Begum in 1930, which is at a stone's throw distance from Peeli Gate.

The Ninth Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Muhammad Azmet Ali Khan Walashan Azmet Jah Bahadur popularly known as Azmet Jah Bahadur, was joined by the second son of Mukarram Jah Bahadur,...