Musunuri Nayakas, Bahmanis & the Qutb Shahis Notes

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1. Telugu chiefs after 1323

Chiefs	Facts
Musunuri Nayakas	Prolaya Nayaka and Kapaya Nayaka led the Nayaka confederacy that drove the Tughlaq governors out of Warangal (c. 1336)
Recherla (Padma) Nayakas	Ruled from Rachakonda and Devarakonda (Nalgonda region); Sarvagna Singa Bhupala wrote Rasarnava Sudhakara

Founded in 1347 by Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah; capital first Gulbarga (Kalaburagi), later Bidar (both now in Karnataka).
Minister Mahmud Gawan — revenue reform and a famous madrasa at Bidar.
Telangana was a Bahmani province governed from Golconda. The kingdom broke up into five Deccan sultanates; Golconda was one.

Ruler	Key facts
Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk	Bahmani governor of Telangana; independent from 1518; strengthened Golconda Fort
Ibrahim Qutb Shah	Patron of Telugu poets, who called him Malki Bharama; Hussain Sagar lake was built in his reign (1562)
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah	Founded Hyderabad (c. 1591) on the Musi and built the Charminar (1591); a poet in Dakhni Urdu
Muhammad Qutb Shah	Began the Mecca Masjid; it was completed under Aurangzeb
Abdullah Qutb Shah	Accepted Mughal overlordship (Deed of Submission, 1636)
Abul Hasan Tana Shah	Last ruler; ministers Madanna and Akkanna; Aurangzeb captured Golconda in 1687

Golconda diamonds from the Kollur mines on the Krishna; the Koh-i-Noor is traditionally said to come from this region.
Bhakta Ramadasu (Kancherla Gopanna), tahsildar under Tana Shah, built the Bhadrachalam Rama temple and was imprisoned for spending revenue on it.
Indo-Persian architecture: Charminar, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Toli Masjid, Mecca Masjid.

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1518 — Golconda independent; 1591 — Hyderabad and Charminar; 1687 — Aurangzeb takes Golconda.

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