The Qutb Shahi kingdom of Golconda
Era: Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis
- Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
- Present-day state borders, for orientation
- Route
Places of the Qutb Shahi kingdom (1518–1687): the capitals Golconda and Hyderabad; the forts Sultan Quli took from the Telugu chiefs (Rajakonda, Devarakonda, Warangal, Khammam, Kondapalli) and the coast won under Ibrahim (Rajahmundry, Kondavidu); Talikota, where the alliance defeated Vijayanagara in 1565; the southern conquests of the 17th century (Kurnool, Gandikota, Udayagiri, Chandragiri) and Penukonda, besieged in vain; the port of Masulipatam, the Kollur diamond mine and the road between them that Tavernier took; Hayathnagar and Bhadrachalam.
Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).
Sources
- Muhammad Qasim Ferishta (tr. John Briggs), History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India till the Year A.D. 1612, Vol. III (opens in a new tab), Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1829, pp. 352, 408-409, 437, 446, 451-452. The Golconda chronicle. [Public domain]
- Syed Ali Asgar Bilgrami, Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains of the City and Suburbs of Hyderabad (opens in a new tab), Government Central Press, Hyderabad-Deccan, 1927, pp. 55, 114. [Public domain]
- Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (tr. V. Ball), Travels in India, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889, pp. 172-174, 284. [Public domain]
- Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (tr. V. Ball), Travels in India, Vol. II (opens in a new tab), Macmillan & Co., London, 1889, pp. 72-75. [Public domain]
- Hirananda Sastri, Shitab Khan of Warangal (Hyderabad Archaeological Series No. 9) (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1932, pp. 3. [Public domain]
- Robert Sewell (ed. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar), The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (Collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History (opens in a new tab), University of Madras, 1932, pp. 278-279. Udayagiri 1642, Chandragiri 1646; public domain in India, used for dates only. [Public domain in India]
- F. R. Hemingway, Madras District Gazetteers: Godavari, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1907, pp. 261. [Public domain]
- Government of India, Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series: Madras, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta, 1908, pp. 324-325. [Public domain]