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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|17th-century fort in Hyderabad, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Sultan Nagar Fort<br />
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| image = Fort ruins near LB nagar, hyd.JPG<br />
| caption = Sultan Nagar Fort<br />
| location_country = India<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|17.358923315843626|N|78.54713457117542|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| construction_start_date = 1620<br />
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'''Sultan Nagar Fort''', also known as ''Qila-yi Kohna'' (the Old Fort), are the ruined remains of an abandoned [[Qutb shahi|Qutb Shah]] era fort whose construction had started around 1620.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/21523|title=Sultan Nagar Fort|publisher=[[MIT Libraries]]|access-date=2024-08-06 |last1=Shah |first1=Muhammad Quli Qutb |last2=Golkunda |first2=Sultan of }}</ref> The fort is located at a place now known as [[L. B. Nagar]] in [[Hyderabad]], India.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Portrait of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Portrait of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]]<br />
[[Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah]], who had ascended the throne in 1611, wanted to shift the location of his palace and fort far away from [[Golconda]] and then Hyderabad which was centred around [[Charminar]], and he started building a new fortress. It is also believed that probably he had intended to shift his capital.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/photo-essay-hidden-treasures-hyderabads-nooks-and-corners-56009|title=Photo Essay: Hidden treasures in Hyderabad's nooks and corners|last=Gopalan|first=Madhumita|date=2017-01-20|access-date=2024-08-06}}</ref> The area selected was at [[Saroornagar]] which was about {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of then Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rao |first=Sridevi |author-link= |date=2016-07-04 |title=A Measure of Community |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mCKeDAAAQBAJ&dq=sultan+nagar+fort+hyderabad&pg=PT93|location= |publisher=Notion Press |page= |isbn=9781945497889}}</ref> By 1620 work was in full swing for the new fortress which the king named after himself as ''Sultan Nagar''. The king spend about 3 lakh gold coins on constructing the new fort which was surrounded by a supposedly {{convert|75|ft|m}} deep and {{convert|150|ft|m}} wide moat. Sultan Muhammad Quli died suddenly in 1625 leaving behind his wife [[Hayat Bakshi Begum]] who was still very young and a toddler [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]] who would later become the seventh ruler of Golconda. Hayat Bakshi felt that the sudden death of the king at an age of around 32 years was an ill omen and decided to abandon the construction of the new fort. By then the moat and the ''masjid'' were ready and the fortress was nearing completion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/khilla-maisamma-fortress-temple-hyderabad/article19384836.ece|title=Temple in a ruined fortress|first=Serish|last=Nanisetti|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2017-07-29|access-date=2024-08-06}}</ref> Later a new settlement known as [[Hayathnagar]] which was named after the Begum was established further to the east.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyd-growing-in-circular-fashion-expanding-fast/articleshow/88939606.cms|title=Hyderabad growing in circular fashion, expanding fast|first=Syed|last=Akbar|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2022-01-17|access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref><br />
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==Present==<br />
The ruins of the fort which once occupied an area of around {{convert|5000|acre|km2}} is now also known by some as ''Maisamma fort''. In addition to the mosque built by the Sultan, a temple dedicated to [[Maisamma|Goddess Maisamma]] was also later built inside the abandoned fort's premises.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/how-was-sultan-nagar-fort-turned-maisamma-fort-482937/|title=How was Sultan Nagar fort turned into Maisamma fort|first=Nagaraja|last=Gali|date=2013-09-22|access-date=2024-08-06}}</ref><br />
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