Hyderabad the capital of Telangana, founded in the year 1591 by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty, offers a fascinating panorama of the past, with richly mixed cultural and historical tradition spanning over 400 years. It is one of the fastest growing cities of India and has emerged as a strong industrial, commercial, technology center, gives a picture of glimpses of past splenders and the legacy of its old history.
300 BC - 185 BC : Mauryan Empire
Archaeologists excavating near the city have unearthed Iron Age sites that can be dated to 500 BCE.The area around Hyderabad was ruled by the Mauryan Empire in the third century B.C during the reign of Ashoka the Great.
230 BC – 220 AD : Satavahanas ( Were vassals of Mauryan Empire)
After the death of Ashoka (232 BCE), as the Maurya Empire began to weaken and decline, the Sātavāhanas who started out as feudatories to the Mauryan dynasty, declared independence and established their empire in this region. he territory of the empire covered much of the Deccan plateau & central India for 450 years
220 AD - 250 AD : Ikshvaku Tribe
After the decline of the Satavahana Empire in 220 AD, the region came under the rule of the Telugu Ikshvaku dynasty (225 AD - 325 AD), the successors of the Satavahanas in the eastern Deccan.
250 AD - 500 AD : Vakataka Dynasty
500 AD - 543 AD : VishnukundinsThe boulder with inscriptions of Vishnukundins period at Chaitanyapuri in Hyderabad was discovered by Dr. Sastry
543 AD - 753 AD : Badami Chalukyas
753 AD - 982 AD : Rashtrakuta Dynasty
982 AD - 1158 AD : Western Chalukyas (Kalyani Chalukyas)
1158 AD - 1323 AD : Kakatiya Dynasty
1323 AD - 1336 AD : Tughlaq Dynasty (1320 AD - 1413 AD)
1323 AD - 1325 AD : Ulug Khan or Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325 AD -1351 AD)
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq's son and general Ulugh Khan (Muhammad bin Tughluq) captured Warangal in 1323, Ulugh Khan himself took over the Governorship of what is now a new province of "Teling" (Telangana) in the Sultanate. Gannaya was captured and converted to Islam, given the name Malik Maqbul and found a place in the new regime. When Ulugh Khan left for Delhi soon afterwards, he left Warangal in the charge of Malik Maqbul. Ulugh Khan succeeded Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq as the new Sultan of Delhi under the name Muhammad bin Tughluq
1325 AD - 1336 AD : Malik Maqbul or Gona Gannaya III
1323 AD - 1325 AD : Ulug Khan or Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325 AD -1351 AD)
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq's son and general Ulugh Khan (Muhammad bin Tughluq) captured Warangal in 1323, Ulugh Khan himself took over the Governorship of what is now a new province of "Teling" (Telangana) in the Sultanate. Gannaya was captured and converted to Islam, given the name Malik Maqbul and found a place in the new regime. When Ulugh Khan left for Delhi soon afterwards, he left Warangal in the charge of Malik Maqbul. Ulugh Khan succeeded Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq as the new Sultan of Delhi under the name Muhammad bin Tughluq
1325 AD - 1336 AD : Malik Maqbul or Gona Gannaya III
Was a commander of the Kakatiya Empire under Prataparudra (r. 1289–1323). Marana's Markandeya Puranamu (in Telugu) names him as "Gannavibhudu" and describes him as the commander (Kataka paludu) of Warangal Fort, the capital of Kakatiyas. The term Mala Devudu (meaning "Lord") implies that he was very high up in the hierarchy.
1336 AD : Kapaya Nayaka took control of Warangal from Malik Maqbul
1336 AD - 1363 AD : Musunuri Kapaya Nayaka (1333 AD - 1368 AD)
1336 AD : Kapaya Nayaka took control of Warangal from Malik Maqbul
Capital : Warangal
11th February 1358 to 21st April 1375 A.D : Muhammad Shah-I
1363 AD : Governor Azam - i - Humayun
1518 AD – 1687 AD : Qutbshahis / Golconda Sultanate
1336 AD : Kapaya Nayaka led a larger rebellion against the Tughluq rule, driving it out of Warangal in 1336. According to the Kaluvacheru grant of Anithalli, a female member of the Panta Reddi clan in 1423, Kapaya Nayaka was assisted by 75 Nayakas. The grant also states that Prolaya Vema Reddi was one among these 75 Nayakas.
March 23, 1363 : Bahmani Muhammad Shah-I captured Warangal and Golconda Forts
1363 AD - 1518 AD : Bahmani Sultanate / Kingdom (1347 AD - 1527 AD)
Founder : Zafar Khan or Hasan Gangu or Allauddin Hassan or Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Founder : Zafar Khan or Hasan Gangu or Allauddin Hassan or Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah
Capitals : Kalaburgi /Aḥsanabad now Gulbarga (1347–1425), Muhammadabad now Bidar (1425–1527)
Religion: Sunni Islam
Languages : Persian, Marathi, Deccani Urdu, Telugu, Kannada
Religion: Sunni Islam
Languages : Persian, Marathi, Deccani Urdu, Telugu, Kannada
11th February 1358 to 21st April 1375 A.D : Muhammad Shah-I
He is better known as organizer of Bahmani Kingdom and founder of its institutions.
March 23, 1363 : His attack on Warangal in 1363 brought him a large indemnity, including the important fortress of Golkonda and his Silver throne from his father was replaced by the magnificent Takht-e-Firoza (Turquoise Throne) presented by Kapaya Nayak, which thereafter became the throne of the Bahmani kings.
March 23, 1363 : His attack on Warangal in 1363 brought him a large indemnity, including the important fortress of Golkonda and his Silver throne from his father was replaced by the magnificent Takht-e-Firoza (Turquoise Throne) presented by Kapaya Nayak, which thereafter became the throne of the Bahmani kings.
The expedition against golconda was led by Azam - i - Humayun accompanied by armies of Bidar and Mahur.
1461 AD : Khaja-i-Jahan governor of Golconda
1481 AD - 1496 AD: Qiwamul Mulk governor of Golconda
Occupied forts of Elgandal and Molangor in Karimnagar
1496 AD - 1518 AD : Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk governor of Golconda
Sultan Quli Khawas Khan Hamdani served the Bahmani sultan Mahmood Shah Bahmani II, and was awarded the title Qutb-ul-Mulk (Pillar of the Realm) as military chief and was made the tarafdar of Golconda in 1496.
After the collapse of Bahmani Sultanate, he eventually took control of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty was established in 1518 AD by Sultan-Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, better known though less correctly referred to in English as "Quli Qutb Shah".
After the collapse of Bahmani Sultanate, he eventually took control of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty was established in 1518 AD by Sultan-Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, better known though less correctly referred to in English as "Quli Qutb Shah".
1512 AD : Semi Independent Rule did not declare complete independence yet.
1518 AD – 1687 AD : Qutbshahis / Golconda Sultanate
Founder : Sultan Quli Khawas Khan Hamdani or Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
Quli Qutb Shah seized the reins of power from the Bahamani kingdom in 1512 and established the fortress city of Golconda. Inadequacy of water, and frequent epidemics of plague and cholera persuaded Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah to venture outward to establish new city with the Charminar at its centre and with four great roads fanning out four cardinal directions.
1518 AD -1543 AD : Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
1543 AD - 1550 AD : Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
1550 AD : Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
Subhan Quli Qutb Shah (1543–1550) was 7 years old, when he became Sultan of Golconda, after the death of his father Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
1550 AD - 1580 AD : Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
1564 AD : Golconda, Hyderabad.
Language : Arabic and Persian. A number of epitaphs belonging to men of different stations in life were copied at Golconda, Hyderabad. Of these, the most important are those, found at Golconda, of the sons of the celebrated Qutb Shahi prime-minister and king's deputy Amir Kamalu'd-Din Husain Ardastani, entitled Mustafa Khan, one records the demise of Mirza 'AH who died in A.H. 966 (A.D. 1559) and the other of Shan 'Abdu'l-Qasim, who expired in A.H. 971 (A.D. 1564). Other epigraphs, also from the same place, record the demise and mark the graves of Sayyid Abu Talib Astarabadi (d. A.H. 996=A.D. 1587-88), Amir Sayyid Husain Mustafa Khan (d. circa sixteenth century A.D.) and Mir Yahya. Son of Mirza Nizamu'd-Din Ahmad (A.H. 1082-A.D. 1671).
Quli Qutb Shah seized the reins of power from the Bahamani kingdom in 1512 and established the fortress city of Golconda. Inadequacy of water, and frequent epidemics of plague and cholera persuaded Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah to venture outward to establish new city with the Charminar at its centre and with four great roads fanning out four cardinal directions.
1518 AD -1543 AD : Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk
1543 AD - 1550 AD : Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
1550 AD : Subhan Quli Qutb Shah
Subhan Quli Qutb Shah (1543–1550) was 7 years old, when he became Sultan of Golconda, after the death of his father Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
1550 AD - 1580 AD : Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah
1564 AD : Golconda, Hyderabad.
Language : Arabic and Persian. A number of epitaphs belonging to men of different stations in life were copied at Golconda, Hyderabad. Of these, the most important are those, found at Golconda, of the sons of the celebrated Qutb Shahi prime-minister and king's deputy Amir Kamalu'd-Din Husain Ardastani, entitled Mustafa Khan, one records the demise of Mirza 'AH who died in A.H. 966 (A.D. 1559) and the other of Shan 'Abdu'l-Qasim, who expired in A.H. 971 (A.D. 1564). Other epigraphs, also from the same place, record the demise and mark the graves of Sayyid Abu Talib Astarabadi (d. A.H. 996=A.D. 1587-88), Amir Sayyid Husain Mustafa Khan (d. circa sixteenth century A.D.) and Mir Yahya. Son of Mirza Nizamu'd-Din Ahmad (A.H. 1082-A.D. 1671).
1569 AD :
Some new epigraphs have been found in a mosque situated close to the Jallad Burj in
the Naya Qala at Golconda. It is a small but beautiful structure and has a dish-shaped vaulted roof. The Mosque, according to an inscription carved on it, was constructed by Mulla Khiyali, who was one of the court poets of Ibrahim Qutb Shah.
During the Qutb Shahi reign Golconda became one of the leading markets in the world of diamonds, pearls, steel for arms, and also printed fabric. The glory of the Golconda kingdom ended in 1687, after a valiant struggle. Aurangzeb, the last great Mughal ruler, captured Golconda after a siege that lasted eight months.
From nawabs and pearls to the world's hi-tech happening point, the city's journey is fascinating. The sprawling metropolis is coming to terms with itself at the start of the new millenium. The Qutb Shahi dynasty founded the Kingdom of Golconda, one of the five kingdoms that emerged after the break up of the Bahamani Kingdom. The Qutb Shahis ruled the Deccan for almost 171 years.All the seven rulers were patrons of learning and were great builders. They contributed to the growth and development of Indo-Persian and Indo-Islamic literature and culture in Hyderabad.
Abul Hasan Tana Shah, the last king of Golconda, was imprisoned at Daulatabad, where he died after twelve years in captivity.
1687 AD - 1724 AD : Mughal Empire Hyderabad's fame, strategic location and Golconda's legendary wealth attracted Aurangazeb who captured Golconda after a long seize in 1687. After this defeat the importance of Hyderabad declined and the city fell into partial ruins. As the Moghul empire decayed and began to disintegrate, the viceroy, Asaf Jah I proclaimed himself the Nizam and established independence rule of the Deccan.
1724 AD - 1948 AD : Asaf Jahis
With the conquest of the Deccan and the South, Aurangzeb succeeded in expanding the Mughal Empire to cover the entire sub-continent. However, after his death in 1707, the Empire rapidly declined. At that time , the Deccan was administered by a Subedar or viceroy of the Mughal Emperor. Mir Quamaruddin, the Governor of the Deccan, who bore the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk Feroze Jung Asif Jah, declared his independence from Mughal rule in 1724.He thus became the first Nizam and the founder of the Asif Jahi dynasty.
Hyderabad once again became a major capital city, ruled by successive Nizams of the Asaf Jahi dynasty until the state was merged into Indian Union in 1948.
SECUNDERABAD: In 1798, a subsidiary alliance for military and political cooperation was signed between the Nizam and the British East India company. There after an area north of what is now the Hussain Sagar was established as a cantonment. The area was named Secunderabad after the then Nizam, Sikander Jah.
Asif Jah I continued to maintain Aruangabad, which had been founded by the Mughal rulers as the capital of his new state. In 1769, Nizam Ali Khan Asif Jah II, shifted the capital to Hyderabad. The seven Nizam's of the Asif Jahi dynasty ruled the Deccan for nearly 224 years, right up to 1948. During the Asif Jahi period, Persian, Urdu, Telugu and Marathi developed simultaneously. The highest official positions were given to deserving persons irrespective of their religion.
Persian was the official language up to 1893 and then Urdu up to 1948. When the British and the French spread their hold over the country, the Nizam soon won their friendship without bequeathing his power. The title "Faithful. Ally of the British Government" was bestowed on Nizam VII. The British stationed a Resident at Hyderabad, but the state continued to be ruled by the Nizam. The rule of the seven Nizam's saw the growth of Hyderabad both culturally and economically. Huge reservoirs, like the Nizam Sagar, Tungabadra, Osman Sagar, Himayath Sagar, and others were built. Survey work on Nagarjuna Sagar had also begun during this time. Hyderabad, under the Nizam's, was the largest princely state in India. Area wise it was as big as England and Scotland put together. The State had its own currency, mint, railways, and postal system. There was no income tax.
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the Naya Qala at Golconda. It is a small but beautiful structure and has a dish-shaped vaulted roof. The Mosque, according to an inscription carved on it, was constructed by Mulla Khiyali, who was one of the court poets of Ibrahim Qutb Shah.
During the Qutb Shahi reign Golconda became one of the leading markets in the world of diamonds, pearls, steel for arms, and also printed fabric. The glory of the Golconda kingdom ended in 1687, after a valiant struggle. Aurangzeb, the last great Mughal ruler, captured Golconda after a siege that lasted eight months.
From nawabs and pearls to the world's hi-tech happening point, the city's journey is fascinating. The sprawling metropolis is coming to terms with itself at the start of the new millenium. The Qutb Shahi dynasty founded the Kingdom of Golconda, one of the five kingdoms that emerged after the break up of the Bahamani Kingdom. The Qutb Shahis ruled the Deccan for almost 171 years.All the seven rulers were patrons of learning and were great builders. They contributed to the growth and development of Indo-Persian and Indo-Islamic literature and culture in Hyderabad.
Abul Hasan Tana Shah, the last king of Golconda, was imprisoned at Daulatabad, where he died after twelve years in captivity.
1687 AD - 1724 AD : Mughal Empire Hyderabad's fame, strategic location and Golconda's legendary wealth attracted Aurangazeb who captured Golconda after a long seize in 1687. After this defeat the importance of Hyderabad declined and the city fell into partial ruins. As the Moghul empire decayed and began to disintegrate, the viceroy, Asaf Jah I proclaimed himself the Nizam and established independence rule of the Deccan.
1724 AD - 1948 AD : Asaf Jahis
With the conquest of the Deccan and the South, Aurangzeb succeeded in expanding the Mughal Empire to cover the entire sub-continent. However, after his death in 1707, the Empire rapidly declined. At that time , the Deccan was administered by a Subedar or viceroy of the Mughal Emperor. Mir Quamaruddin, the Governor of the Deccan, who bore the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk Feroze Jung Asif Jah, declared his independence from Mughal rule in 1724.He thus became the first Nizam and the founder of the Asif Jahi dynasty.
Hyderabad once again became a major capital city, ruled by successive Nizams of the Asaf Jahi dynasty until the state was merged into Indian Union in 1948.
SECUNDERABAD: In 1798, a subsidiary alliance for military and political cooperation was signed between the Nizam and the British East India company. There after an area north of what is now the Hussain Sagar was established as a cantonment. The area was named Secunderabad after the then Nizam, Sikander Jah.
Asif Jah I continued to maintain Aruangabad, which had been founded by the Mughal rulers as the capital of his new state. In 1769, Nizam Ali Khan Asif Jah II, shifted the capital to Hyderabad. The seven Nizam's of the Asif Jahi dynasty ruled the Deccan for nearly 224 years, right up to 1948. During the Asif Jahi period, Persian, Urdu, Telugu and Marathi developed simultaneously. The highest official positions were given to deserving persons irrespective of their religion.
Persian was the official language up to 1893 and then Urdu up to 1948. When the British and the French spread their hold over the country, the Nizam soon won their friendship without bequeathing his power. The title "Faithful. Ally of the British Government" was bestowed on Nizam VII. The British stationed a Resident at Hyderabad, but the state continued to be ruled by the Nizam. The rule of the seven Nizam's saw the growth of Hyderabad both culturally and economically. Huge reservoirs, like the Nizam Sagar, Tungabadra, Osman Sagar, Himayath Sagar, and others were built. Survey work on Nagarjuna Sagar had also begun during this time. Hyderabad, under the Nizam's, was the largest princely state in India. Area wise it was as big as England and Scotland put together. The State had its own currency, mint, railways, and postal system. There was no income tax.
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/hyd/hydhistory.asp
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