A Persianate, Shia Islamic Deccan sultanate founded by Quli Qutb Shah after the collapse of the Bahmani Sultanate, ruling much of present-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh; famed for its diamond wealth, Persian-then-Telugu court culture, and long rivalry with neighboring Ahmadnagar and Bijapur.
Annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1687 CE when Emperor Aurangzeb besieged Golconda fort and imprisoned the seventh and last Qutb Shahi sultan, Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, for the rest of his life.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Golconda Sultanate (Qutb Shahi) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1518 · 1647.
The standard English-language scholarly history of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda, from its Bahmani-governor origins to Mughal annexation.