Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Topic: Vijayanagara and the Deccan · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was the Sultan of Golconda from 1580 to 1612. He founded the city of Hyderabad and built the Charminar at its centre. He was also a poet in Dakhni, the early Urdu of the Deccan. He is often called the first Urdu poet to put together a diwan, which is a collected book of one poet's verses.
Example
In c. 1591 he built the Charminar, a gateway with four minarets, at the heart of his new city of Hyderabad. It is still the symbol of the city.
Don't confuse with
- Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk: he was the founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, in the early 16th century. Muhammad Quli was a later ruler of the same family.
Related concepts
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Harihara and Bukka
- Vidyaranya
- Bahmani Sultanate
- Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
- Afaqis and Dakhnis
- Mahmud Gawan
- Bahmani madrasa, Bidar
- Deccan sultanates
- Adil Shahi dynasty