Golkonda

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former capital city fortress historical site

Golkonda is a historic fortress and former capital of the Qutb Shahi dynasty near Hyderabad in present-day Telangana, India, renowned for its strategic architecture and diamond trade.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Golkonda canonical 2
Golconda court 1
Golconda, India 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Bahmani Sultanate ⓘ
Qutb Shahi dynasty ⓘ
builtBy Kakatiya dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Kakatiya dynasty (original fortifications)
capturedBy Aurangzeb ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
constructionPeriod original fort 12th–13th century ⓘ
country India ⓘ
developedBy Qutb Shahi dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qutb Shahi rulers
elevation hilltop fort ⓘ
expandedBy Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah ⓘ
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ⓘ
Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk ⓘ
flourishedIn 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Golconda Sultanate ⓘ
Qutb Shahi dynasty ⓘ
governedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasPart acoustic signaling system ⓘ
armouries ⓘ
granaries ⓘ
inner citadel ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
outer fortifications ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ
water supply system ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument of India ⓘ
knownFor Darya-ye Noor diamond ⓘ
surface form: Darya-i-Noor diamond (historical trade region)

Hope Diamond (historical trade region) ⓘ
Koh-i-Noor diamond (historical trade region) ⓘ
acoustic architecture ⓘ
diamond trade ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
military architecture ⓘ
mines of the Golconda region ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalAdministration Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Telugu ⓘ
locatedIn Deccan region ⓘ
Hyderabad ⓘ
South India ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
locatedNear Hyderabad ⓘ
surface form: Hyderabad city centre
materialUsed granite ⓘ
partOf Hyderabad district ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Hyderabad ⓘ
yearOfFall 1687 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah → birthPlace → Golkonda ⓘ
Golconda → namedAfter → Golkonda ⓘ
subject surface form: Golconda, Nevada
this entity surface form: Golconda, India
Bala Hissar → partOf → Golkonda ⓘ
this entity surface form: historic core of Golconda
Deccan architecture → center → Golkonda ⓘ
Dakhni poets → flourishedIn → Golkonda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golconda court