Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · 1.10 Qutb Shahis of Golconda

1.10.1 Sultan Quli to Muhammad Quli: rise of Golconda and the founding of Hyderabad

Sultan Quli, a Bahmani governor, founded the Qutb Shahi kingdom of Golconda in 1518; Ibrahim Qutb Shah, patron of Telugu poets, joined the victory of 1565, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah founded Hyderabad and built the Charminar in 1591.

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Key terms

  • Bahmani break-up
  • five Deccan Sultanates
  • Qutb Shahi
  • Golconda
  • Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
  • 1518
  • Muhammadnagar
  • Jamsheed
  • Ibrahim Qutb Shah
  • Malki Bharama
  • Aliya Rama Raya
  • Talikota 1565
  • Hussain Sagar
  • Purana Pul
  • Addanki Gangadhara
  • Ponnaganti Telaganarya
  • Yayati Charitra
  • Kandukuri Rudrakavi
  • Sugriva Vijayam
  • Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
  • Hyderabad 1591
  • Bhagyanagar
  • Charminar
  • Mir Momin
  • Dakhni
  • Masulipatnam 1611

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