Reign 1580–1611 Coronation date 1580 Cousins Subhan Quli Qutb Shah | Father Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Grandparents Quli Qutb Mulk Name Muhammad Qutb Uncles Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah | |
House House of Hashim/Banu Hashim(Parent house),Qutb Shahi (Sub branch ) Parents Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali | ||
Predecessor Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah | ||
Dastan e deccan episodea 5 sultan muhammad quli qutb shah v
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (Telugu: మహమ్మద్ కులి కుతుబ్ షా, Urdu: محمد قلی قطب شاہ; 1565 – 11 January 1612) 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.
Contents
- Dastan e deccan episodea 5 sultan muhammad quli qutb shah v
- Piya Baj Pyala Quli Qutb Shah Chhaya Ganguli Iqbal Siddiqi Ghazal
- Birth Early Life And Personal Life
- City of Hyderabad
- Patronage of literature
- References
Piya Baj Pyala, Quli Qutb Shah, Chhaya Ganguli, Iqbal Siddiqi, Ghazal
Birth, Early Life And Personal Life
Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah 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.
City of Hyderabad
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 caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib as Hyderabad.
Patronage of literature
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.
