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The Golconda Group is a geologic group in Illinois. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. See also. Earth sciences portal; Illinois portal;
The Qutb Minar was built over the ruins of the Lal Kot, the citadel of Dhillika. [7] Qutub Minar was begun after the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. Drawing references from their Ghurid homeland, Qutub-ud-Din Aibak and Shamsu’d-Din Iltutmish constructed a minar (minaret) at the south-eastern corner of the Quwwatu’l-Islam between 1199 and 1503. [19]
New Delhi’s Iron Pillar has long fascinated scientists both at home and abroad. But it wasn’t until 2003 that experts cracked the metallurgical mystery behind this unusual attraction.
The Golconda diamondiferous region is located in the Southern Indian peninsular shield, [2] which was formed during the process of proterozoic and Insular India. [3] The region is spread over 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), within the sediments of the Krishna-Pennar river basin and Deccan Traps, [2] and contains 120 out of the 150 kimberlite pipes in India. [4]
Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, [4] more often though less correctly referred to in English as Quli Qutb Shah [a] (1485 – 2 September 1543), was the founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, which ruled the Sultanate of Golconda in southern India from 1518 to 1687. [8]
Golconda, and with the construction of the Char Minar, later Hyderabad, served as capitals of the sultanate, [19] and both cities were embellished by the Qutb Shahi sultans. The dynasty ruled Golconda for 171 years, until Aurangzeb , in his campaigns in the Deccan , conquered the Sultanate of Golconda in 1687 with the completion of his siege of ...
The tomb of Fadma Khanum, one of Sultan Abdullah's daughters, stands near the mausoleum of her husband, Mir Ahmed. Hers is the only Qutb Shahi tomb not surmounted by a dome. To the west of the tombs lies the dargah of Hussain Shah Wali, the revered Sufi saint. He is most affectionately remembered by people as the builder of Hussain Sagar in 1562.
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