Qutb Shahi architecture is the distinct style of Indo-Islamic architecture developed during the reign of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, also known as the Golconda...

India. A stunning and concentrated example of Indo-Islamic and Qutb Shahi architecture, the galleries of the smaller tombs are of a single storey while...

Islamic Qutb Shahi dynasty of Turkoman origin. After the decline of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Sultanate of Golconda was established in 1518 by Quli Qutb Shah...

establishing the Qutb Shahi dynasty based in Golconda. Over a period of 62 years, the mud fort was expanded by the first three Qutb Shahi sultans into the...

supported by four grand arches. The fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, built the Charminar in 1591 after shifting his capital...

sites constructed during Qutb Shahi and Asaf Jahi period, including various mosques and palaces. Hindu Temple Architecture is also seen in the temples...

Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah (also transliterated in different ways) was the second ruler of the Sultanate of Golkonda under the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He ruled...

its architectural centrepiece, the Charminar. He was an able administrator and his reign is considered one of the high points of the Qutb Shahi dynasty...

Charminar, Chowmahalla Palace and Laad Bazaar. Muhammad Qutb Shah, the sixth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, commissioned bricks to be made from the soil...

Masjid e Qutb Shahi (Arabic: مسجد قطب شاه; Urdu: مسجد قطب شاہی) is a former mosque in a partial ruinous state, located in Langar Houz, Hyderabad, in the...

of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India. He was the first of the Qutb Shahi dynasty to use the title "Sultan". He ruled from 1550 to 1580. He lived...

was constructed during the Qutb Shahi period and completed in AH 1082 (1671/1672 CE). Built in the distinctive Qutb Shahi style, the mosque displays considerable...

during this period. The mosque is an important example of early Qutb Shahi architecture, and displays Mughal influences in its design. Situated to the...

Telangana Nampally Sarai Sherwani, Haroon Khan (1976). History of The Qutb Shāhī Dynasty. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. pp. 545–546. Varma, Dr. Anand...

The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower"...

by a vegetable and fruit bazaar. The tomb is built in the traditional Qutb Shahi style, on a raised platform with an onion dome. It is embellished with...

Hanuman Temple. Modern architectural styles are seen in most buildings constructed after independence. Qutb Shahi architecture of the 16th and early 17th...

the Qutb Shahi dynasty; Makkah Masjid and Toli Masjid was designed and constructed by him. The Persian garden (Bagh-i-Qutb), built by Abdullah Qutb Shah...

Hyderabad has the sixth-largest urban economy in India. The Qutb Shahi dynasty's Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hyderabad in 1591 to extend the capital...

as Qila-yi Kohna (the Old Fort), are the ruined remains of an abandoned Qutb Shah era fort whose construction had started around 1620. The fort is located...

Kulsum Begum, daughter of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah. The architecture is very similar to other Qutb Shahi mosques in the city. Built on a 0.91-metre-high...

of the piazza by nearly 375 feet in each case. They are built in the Qutb Shahi style, with the characteristic pointed arch, interpreted by some scholars...

square terrace. The façade contains five entrance arches, as is typical of Qutb Shahi mosques. The arches are supported by piers, which have a band of mouldings...

of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad. Hyderabad Publishers. p. 172. ISBN 978-81-85492-23-0. Khalidi, Omar (2009). A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad...

invasions) and then invaded the Nizam Shahi kingdom with assistance from Vijayanagara's de facto ruler Rama Raya and Ibrahim Qutb Shah, besieging Ahmednagar and...

attributes the name to the reign of the Seventh Sultan of Golconda, Abdullah Qutb Shah who he named is after his favorite courtesan, Taramati a Nautch or Court...

Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad. Hyderabad Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85492-23-0. Khalidi, Omar (2009). A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad...

19 December 2018. Haig 1907, p. 180-208. "The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Charminar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre...

the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad. Hyderabad Publishers. p. 205. ISBN 978-81-85492-23-0. Sherwani, Haroon Khan (1967). Muhammad-Quli Qutb Shah...

was built by Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1594. The brilliantly coloured tile-mosaic decoration was completed under Abdullah Qutb Shah in 1611. After the Mughal...