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	== Reign ==		== Reign ==
	His reign was full of sorrow and trouble. His only success was demolishing decayed [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by capturing [[Vellore]], last capital of it in 1652. [[Aurangzeb]] under the command from [[Shah Jahan]] took over [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] by surprise and restricted Abdullah within the [[Golconda]] fort. Abdullah worked hard to negotiate reasonable terms of surrender but the [[Mughals]] forced him into accepting severe conditions. However, the severe terms were sweetened by a matrimonial alliance between the two families: Abdullah's second daughter, known as Padshah Bibi Sahiba, was married to Aurangzeb's eldest son, [[Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)\|Muhammad Sultan Mirza]]. She was his first wife, and so the chances of her progeny becoming Mughal emperor were great. However it did not ultimately happen.		His reign was full of sorrow and trouble. His only success was demolishing decayed [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by capturing [[Vellore]], last capital of it in 1652 with the help of his wazir [[Mir Jumla II\|Mir Jumla]]. [[Aurangzeb]] under the command from [[Shah Jahan]] took over [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] by surprise and restricted Abdullah within the [[Golconda]] fort. Abdullah worked hard to negotiate reasonable terms of surrender but the [[Mughals]] forced him into accepting severe conditions. However, the severe terms were sweetened by a matrimonial alliance between the two families: Abdullah's second daughter, known as Padshah Bibi Sahiba, was married to Aurangzeb's eldest son, [[Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)\|Muhammad Sultan Mirza]]. She was his first wife, and so the chances of her progeny becoming Mughal emperor were great. However it did not ultimately happen.
			He was also quite interested in mathematics that although being a Muslim, he favoured many Europeans who excelled in mathematics.<ref>{{Citation\|work=Indian response to European technology and culture\|editor-last1=Qaiser\|editor-first1=Ahsan Jan\|year=1982\|page=9\|title=Prologue\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108403/page/n25/mode/1u\|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>

	This unhappy monarch died in 1672 and was succeeded by his son-in-law, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]].		This unhappy monarch died in 1672 and was succeeded by his son-in-law, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]].

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	\| father = [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]		\| father = [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]
	\| mother = Hayat ~~Baksh~~ Begum		\| mother = [[Hayat Bakshi Begum]]
	\| birth_date = 1614		\| birth_date = 1614
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{{Infobox Monarch
| name = Abdullah Qutb Shah
| title = Seventh
[[Sultan]] of [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]
| image = Abdullah_Qutb_Shah.jpg
| reign = 1626–1672
| coronation =
| predecessor = [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]
| successor = [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]]
| spouse =
| issue = 3 daughters
| royal house = [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]
| father = [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]
| mother = Hayat Baksh Begum
| birth_date = 1614
| birth_place =
| death_date = 21 April 1672 (aged 57–58)
| death_place =
| place of burial=
|}}
[[File:Tomb of Abdullah Qutb Shah in Hyderabad W IMG 4489.jpg|thumb|240px|Tomb of Abdullah Qutb Shah in [[Hyderabad, India]]. ]]
'''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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=Farooqui Salma |title=A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: From Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century |date=2011 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-3202-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sxhAtCflwOMC&q=%22Abdullah%20Qutb%20Shah%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA181 |language=en}}</ref>

Abdullah, son of [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]], was a [[Polyglot (person)|polyglot]], and a lover of [[poetry]] and [[music]]. He invited to his court and respected [[Kshetrayya]], a famous lyric writer. Kshetrayya is known for his romantic poetry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nanisetti |first1=Serish |title=Restoration of a Qutb Shahi tomb leads to new discovery |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/restoration-of-a-qutb-shahi-tomb-leads-to-new-discovery/article30488148.ece |work=The Hindu |date=5 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Reign ==
His reign was full of sorrow and trouble. His only success was demolishing decayed [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by capturing [[Vellore]], last capital of it in 1652. [[Aurangzeb]] under the command from [[Shah Jahan]] took over [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] by surprise and restricted Abdullah within the [[Golconda]] fort. Abdullah worked hard to negotiate reasonable terms of surrender but the [[Mughals]] forced him into accepting severe conditions. However, the severe terms were sweetened by a matrimonial alliance between the two families: Abdullah's second daughter, known as Padshah Bibi Sahiba, was married to Aurangzeb's eldest son, [[Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)|Muhammad Sultan Mirza]]. She was his first wife, and so the chances of her progeny becoming Mughal emperor were great. However it did not ultimately happen.

This unhappy monarch died in 1672 and was succeeded by his son-in-law, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]].

==Family==
Abdullah had three daughters.<ref name="Quddusi2006">{{cite book|author=Mohd. Ilyas Quddusi|title=Islamic India: studies in history, epigraphy, onomastics, and numismatics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwZuAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Islamic Wonders Bureau|isbn=978-81-87763-33-8}}</ref><ref name="Sarkar1951">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jagadish Narayan|title=The Life of Mir Jumla, the General of Aurangzab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UY_AAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Thacker, Spink|page=301}}</ref>
*eldest daughter: married the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] prince [[Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)|Muhammad Sultan]].
*second daughter: married Sayyid Nizamuddin Ahmad, a maternal nephew of [[Abbas II of Persia]].
*Badshah Bibi: married [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]].

==See also==
* [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]]
* [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]

==References==
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/bussireddy/2182891477/ *Tomb of Abdullah Qutb Shah.]

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