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Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah

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మహమ్మద్ కుతుబ్ కులి షా

محمد قلی قطب شاہ
The Fifth Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty
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Reign 1580–1611
Predecessor Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
Successor Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah
Born 1565
Golkonda, Hyderabad, Mughal India
(now in Telangana, India)
Died 11 January 1612
Daulat Khan-e-Ali Palace, Hyderabad, Mughal India
(now in Telangana, India)
House House of Hashim/Banu Hashim(Parent house),Qutb Shahi (Sub branch )
Father Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah

మహమ్మద్ కుతుబ్ కులి షా

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1580–1611 CE) was the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golkonda and founded the city of Hyderabad, in South-central India and built its architectural centerpiece, the Charminar. He was an able administrator and his reign is considered one of the high points of the Qutb Shahi dynasty.He ascended to the throne in 1580 at the age of 15 and ruled for 31 years.

Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah (Telugu:మహమ్మద్ కులి కుతుబ్ షా, Urdu: محمد قلی قطب شاہ‎) was the third son of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali. He was an accomplished poet and wrote his poetry in Persian, Telugu and Urdu. As the first author in the Urdu language he composed his verses in the Persian diwan style, and his poems consisted of verses relating to a single topic, gazal-i musalsal. Muhammad Quli's Kulliyat comprised 1800 pages, over half were gazals, qasidas on one hundred pages, while the rest contained over 300 pages of matnawi and martiyas.He Married Bhagmati A Hindu Woman And Later Bhagmati Changed Her Name To Hyder Mahal..

Muhammad Quli built a city called Hyderabad on the southern bank of the Musi River in 1591. Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah called architects from all around the world to lay out the city, which was built on a grid plan and named it after Ali Ibn Abi Talib,Hyderabad.

Quli Qutb Shah was a scholar of Arabic, Persian and Telugu languages. He wrote poetry in Urdu, Persian, and Telugu. His poetry has been compiled into a volume entitled "Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah." Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah had the distinction of being the first Saheb-e-dewan Urdu poet and is credited with introducing a new sensibility into prevailing genres of Persian/Urdu poetry.


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