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{{Infobox monarch <br />
| name = Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah<br />
| title =Fifth [[Sultan]] of [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]<br />
| image = muhammad_'Alî_001.jpg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = <br />
| reign = 1580–1612<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 |pages=118}}</ref><br />
| religion = [[Shia Islam]]<br />
| coronation = Unknown<br />
| predecessor = [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah]]<br />
| successor = [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]<br />
| spouse = [[Bhagmati]]<br />
| issue = [[Hayat Bakshi Begum]] (wife of [[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]])<br />
| royal house = [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]<br />
| father = [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah]]<br />
| mother = Bhagirathi<br />
| birth_date = 04 April 1565<br />
| birth_place = [[Golkonda]], [[Golconda Sultanate]]<br/>(now in [[Telangana]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1612|1|11|1565|04|04|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Daulat Khan-e-Ali Palace, [[Hyderabad]]<br/>(now in Telangana, India)<br />
|succession=5th [[Qutb Shahi Dynasty|Sultan of the Qutb Shahi Sultanate of Golconda]]}}<br />
'''Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah''' (04 April 1565{{spaced ndash}}11 January 1612) was the fifth sultan of the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]] of [[Golkonda]] and founded the city of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Zad93Q6KZOuM4jrH99qaeN/Opinion--A-Hyderabadi-conundrum.html|title=Opinion A Hyderabadi conundrum}}</ref> in South-central [[India]] and built its architectural centerpiece, the [[Charminar]] and [[Mecca Masjid]]. He was an able administrator and his reign is considered one of the high points of the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He ascended to the throne in 1580 at the age of 15 and ruled for 31 years.<br />
[[File:Tomb of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mausoleum of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]]]<br />
[[File:MuhammadQuliQutbShahTomb.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]]<br />
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==Birth, early life and personal life==<br />
Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah was the third son of [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali]] and Hindu Mother Bhagirathi.<ref>{{cite book|title=Prince;Poet;Lover;Builder: Mohd. Quli Qutb Shah - The founder of Hyderabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4B_iDQAAQBAJ|author=Narendra Luther|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|year=1991|isbn=9788123023151|accessdate=13 January 2020}}</ref> He was an accomplished poet and wrote his poetry in [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name="Schimmel" >Annemarie Schimmel, ''Classical Urdu Literature from the Beginning to Iqbāl'', (Otto Harrassowitz, 1975), 143.</ref> As the first author in the Urdu language, he composed his verses in the Persian ''diwan'' style, and his poems consisted of verses relating to a single topic, ''gazal-i musalsal''.<ref name="Schimmel" /> Muhammad Quli's ''Kulliyat'' comprised 1800 pages, over half were ''gazals'', ''qasidas'' on one hundred pages, while the rest contained over 300 pages of ''matnawi'' and ''marsiyas.''<ref name="Schimmel" /> <br />
[[File:Charminar-Pride of Hyderabad.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Charminar]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] was built by Quli Qutub Shah]]<br />
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==City of Hyderabad==<br />
Muhammad Quli built the city of Hyderabad on the southern bank of the [[Musi River (India)|Musi River]] in 1591. He called architects from all around the world to lay out the city, which was built on a grid plan. The city was named in the remembrance of 4th Caliph of Islam or 1st Imam of Shia Muslim Ali Ibne Abi Talib. He constructed Char Minar and Makkah Masjid. He was the one who laid foundation stone of Makkah Masjid after checking that there was no one in the crowd who never skipped a single prayer except him.<br />
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== Patronage of literature ==<br />
Quli Qutb Shah was a scholar of [[Arabic language|Arabic]], Persian and Telugu languages. He wrote [[poetry]] in Urdu, Persian, and Telugu. His poetry has been compiled into a volume entitled "Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah." He had the distinction of being the first ''Saheb-e-dewan'' Urdu poet<ref name="First 'saheb-e-dewan' Urdu Poet">{{cite news | url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/quli-qutub-shah-remembered-his-400th-death-anniversary | title=Quli Qutub Shah remembered on his 400th death anniversary | work=The Siasat Daily | date=14 January 2012 | accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> and is credited with introducing a new sensibility into prevailing genres of Persian/Urdu poetry.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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==References==<br />
* Sangaychay Mala by Gajanan Pole<br />
* Prime Ministers of Qutubshhs by Sri Bhopal Rao<br />
* Luther, Narendra. ''Prince, Poet, Lover, Builder: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, The Founder of Hyderabad''<br />
* [http://worldcat.org/search?q=Muhammad+Quli+Qutab+Shah&=Search&qt=results_page Books on Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]<br />
* Chopra, R.M., The Rise, Growth And Decline of Indo-Persian Literature, Iran Culture House, New Delhi, 2012.<br />
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