1 History & Culture · 1.2.10 Qutb Shahis of Golconda

1.2.10.2 Later Qutb Shahis: Abdullah, Tana Shah, Akkanna–Madanna and the fall of Golconda 1687

Under Abdullah Qutb Shah Golconda became a Mughal tributary (1636) while trading freely with Europeans; his successor Abul Hasan Tana Shah ruled through the brothers Madanna and Akkanna, until Aurangzeb took Golconda in 1687 after an eight-month siege.

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Key terms

  • Muhammad Qutb Shah
  • Mecca Masjid 1617
  • Abdullah Qutb Shah
  • Golden Farman 1632
  • 500 pagodas
  • Deed of Submission 1636
  • Shah Jahan
  • Mir Jumla
  • Aurangzeb
  • siege of 1656
  • Abul Hasan Tana Shah
  • Madanna
  • Akkanna
  • Shivaji 1677
  • Kancherla Gopanna
  • Bhakta Ramadasu
  • Bhadrachalam
  • Dasarathi Satakam
  • Bijapur 1686
  • siege of Golconda 1687
  • Abdullah Khan Pani
  • Abdur Razzaq Lari
  • Daulatabad

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