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Shitab Khan of Warangal (c. 1504–1516)

Era: Nayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis, Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis

Shitab Khan of Warangal (c. 1504–1516)GodavariKrishnaShitab Khan, 1504WarangalWarangalKhammamKhammamRachakondaRachakondaPakhalPakhalKondapalliKondapalliGolcondaGolcondaBellamkondaN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

The forts held by the Telugu chief Shitab Khan, or Sitapati, in the early sixteenth century: Warangal, which his inscription says he took from the Muslims in January 1504, Khammam and Bellamkonda, with Rachakonda, the "Rajadri" of his inscription, and the Pakhal lake, whose dam he is said to have repaired. Kondapalli, where he fled to the Gajapati prince, and Golconda, the capital of his enemy Sultan Quli, are shown outside. The shaded area is a rough sketch joining the named forts, not a boundary.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. 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. 360–362. [Public domain]
  2. 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. 2–3, 11, 13, 22. [Public domain]
  3. Gordon Mackenzie, A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Lawrence Asylum Press), 1883, pp. 25–26. [Public domain]