Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (also

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in different ways) was the sixth ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern

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under the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He ruled from 1612 to 1625. He was the nephew and son-in-law of

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (4 April 156511 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 adm ...

, having married Muhammad's only daughter

Hayat Bakshi Begum Hayat Bakshi Begum (died 26 February, 1667) was the royal consort of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, the sixth ruler of the Golconda Sultanate in south India. When her son Abdullah Qutb Shah was made sultan at the age of fourteen in 1626, she acted ...

in 1607. The first Qutb Shahi history was compiled during his reign. His son,

Abdullah Qutub Shah Abdullah Qutb Shah (also transliterated in different ways) was the seventh ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India under the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He ruled from 1626 to 1672. Abdullah, son of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, was a polyglo ...

, later became the Shah of Golconda. The

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is carrying out the conservation effort on the sprawling necropolis in collaboration with Department of Archaeology and Museums, Telangana.

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