Sultan Quli Qutb Mulk (also transliterated in different ways) (? - 1543) was the founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty which ruled the kingdom of Golconda in southern India from 1518 to 1687. Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one script into another script. ... Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... The Qutb Shahi dynasty (whose members were also called the Qutub Shahis) was the ruling family of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India. ... Golconda is a ruined city and fortress 11 km west of the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state. ... Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ...

A Muslim from Turkmenistan, Quli Qutb Mulk migrated to Delhi with some of his relatives and friends in the beginning of the 16th century. Later he migrated south to Deccan and served Bahmani sultan Mohammad Shaw. He conquered Golconda and became the Governor of Telangana in 1518, after the disintegration of the Bahmani Kingdom into the five Deccan sultanates. Soon after, he declared independence from the Bahmani Sultanate, took title "Qutub Shah," and established Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda. He ruled from 1543 to 1550. A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Delhi (दिल्ली or DillÄ« in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Introduction The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. ... The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India. ... Telangana or Telingana is an unofficial region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Events A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. ... The Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled kingdoms–-Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar, and Berar of south-central India. ... Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ...

Quli Qutb Mulk was a contemporary of Krishnadevaraya and Achyutaraya of the Vijayanagara empire. Quli extended his rule by capturing forts at Warnagal, Kondapalli, Eluru, and Rajamundry, while Krishnadevaraya was busy fighting the ruler of Orissa. He defeated Sitapati Raju (also known as Shitab Khan), the ruler of Khammam, and captured the fort. He also forced Orissa's ruler to surrender all the territories between the mouths of Krishna and Godavari rivers. He was able to occupy Eluru, Rajamundry and Machilipatnam extending his rule to coastal Andhra. Quli's campaign against Krishnadevaraya continued until Timmarusu, the Prime Minister of Krishnadevaraya, defeated the Golconda army. Sri Krishnadevaraya (శ్రీ క్రిశ్ణదేవరాయ, also transliterated as Srikrishnarayalu and other ways) was a Vijaynagar emperor who presided over the empire at its zenith and ruled from 1509 until his death in 1529. ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... Eluru is the headquarters of West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. ... Rajahmundry or Rajamundry is a major city in Andhra Pradesh state of southern India. ... Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... Khammam is a city and district in Indias Andhra Pradesh state. ... The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 900 km in length). ... The Godavari River is a major waterway in India, next to the Ganges and Indus rivers. ... Machilipatnam, also known as Masulipatnam or Bandar, is a city on the southeastern or Coromandel Coast of India. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధర దేశం), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ...

Though, Telugu was not his mother tongue, Quli learned Telugu language. He did not discriminate against Hindus but employed eligible Hindus in his court as governors and officers. He was a patron of the arts, and his dynasty became known for this. Telugu(తెలుగు) belongs to the family of Dravidian languages and is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ...

Sultan Quli Qutb Mulk died in 1543 when his younger son, Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, assassinated him and blinded Kuli's elder son and heir, Kutbuddeen. Jamsheed then assumed the throne. Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah (also transliterated in different ways) (? - 1550) was the second ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India under the Qutb Shahi dynasty. ...