The city was named after Syed Karimuddin, who is thought to be its founder. The district lies approximately between the latitudes 17° 50' and 19° 05'N and longitudes 78° 29' and 80° 22'E. Karimnagar district is bounded by Madhya Pradesh State in the east, Nizamabad district in the West, Warangal and Medak districts in the South and Adilabad district in the North directions. Karimnagar area in old times is part of Sabbinadu. Sabbi-nadu is mentioned in the mediaeval inscriptions and early Telugu literary works. The Parbhani plates Vemulawada Chalukya ruler Arikesari III, dated S. 888 (A.D. 996) registers the gift of Kuttum-vritti Vanikatupalu in the Repaka-12 in the Sabbi-Sayira (1000) district. The Western Chalukya Vikramaditya VI conferred on the Kakatiya chief Beta II Sabbi-Thousand as an appanage. An inscription of the time Kakati Rudra dated S. 1092 (A.D. 1170) mentions Nagarur in Sabbi-nadu. Madiki Singana, in the introduction to his Padmapurana-Uttarkhandam, sta...
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