Qutb Shahi dynasty

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The Qutb Shahi dynasty was a Turkic Shia Muslim ruling family that governed the Golconda Sultanate in south-central India from the early 16th to late 17th century and was responsible for founding and developing the city of Hyderabad.

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Qutb Shahi Sultanate 1
Qutb Shahi rulers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty
dynasty
ruling family
architecturalStyle Deccani architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture
capital Golconda Fort
surface form: Golconda

Hyderabad
continent Asia
country Deccan sultanates
surface form: Golconda Sultanate
culturalInfluence Persianate culture in the Deccan
development of Dakhni Urdu poetry
dissolved late 17th century
economicActivity diamond trade
textile trade
endTime 1687
ethnicity Turkic
followedBy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
founded Hyderabad
surface form: city of Hyderabad

early 16th century
foundedBy Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
governmentForm monarchy
hasRuler Abdullah Qutb Shah
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Muhammad Qutb Shah
Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
language Urdu language
surface form: Dakhni Urdu

Persian
Telugu
namedAfter Qutb-ul-Mulk
notableStructure Charminar
Golconda Fort
Qutb Shahi Tombs
surface form: Qutb Shahi tombs
notableWork development of Hyderabad
overthrownBy Aurangzeb
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
partOf Deccan sultanates
patronage Deccani literature
Persian literature
Shia religious institutions
architecture
precededBy Bahmani Sultanate
region south-central India
religion Shia Islam
religiousAffiliation Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
religiousPolicy Shia patronage with relative tolerance of Sunnis and Hindus
startTime 1518
territoryIncludes Golconda
surface form: Golconda region

parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh
parts of present-day Telangana

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Golconda Fort associatedWith Qutb Shahi dynasty
Charminar builderDynasty Qutb Shahi dynasty
Qutb Shahi Tombs builtBy Qutb Shahi dynasty
Qutb Shahi Tombs builtFor Qutb Shahi dynasty
this entity surface form: Qutb Shahi rulers
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah country Qutb Shahi dynasty
this entity surface form: Qutb Shahi Sultanate
Golconda Fort developedBy Qutb Shahi dynasty
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah dynasty Qutb Shahi dynasty
Golconda Fort expandedBy Qutb Shahi dynasty
Hyderabad historicalDynasty Qutb Shahi dynasty
Hussain Sagar historicalEra Qutb Shahi dynasty
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah memberOf Qutb Shahi dynasty
Qutb Shahi Tombs namedAfter Qutb Shahi dynasty