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Warangal Fort is located in Warangal District, Telangana, India. It was the capital city of Kakatiya dynasty and the Musunuri Nayakas . The fort appears to have existed since at least the 12th century when it was the capital of the Kakatiyas .
Musunuri Kapaya Nayaka is said to have taken a leadership role among the Andhra chieftains and driven out the Delhi Sultanate from Warangal. But his rise was soon challenged by the Bahmani Sultanate and he was defeated along with the Vijayanagar in the Bahmani–Vijayanagar War. The Recherla Nayakas wrested power from him in 1368. [1]
Warangal (pronunciation ⓘ) is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 811,844 per 2011 Census of India , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and spreading over an 406 km 2 (157 sq mi). [ 1 ]
Apart from Warangal, the Kakatiya dynasty constructed many hill forts including Golconda, [note 1] Medak and Elgandal, and subsequent additions to these forts were made by the Bahmani and Qutb Shahi Sultanates. Indo-Islamic Early Indo-Islamic style of architecture is reflected in the monuments built by the Golconda Sultanate in Hyderabad.
Malik Kafur reached Warangal in January 1310, after conquering a fort on the Kakatiya frontier and ransacking their territory. After a month-long siege, the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra decided to negotiate a truce, and surrendered a huge amount of wealth to the Delhi Sultanate, besides promising to send annual tributes to Delhi .
In 1318, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah sent an army to subjugate the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra who had stopped making tribute payments to Delhi.The invading army, led by Khusrau Khan and other generals, besieged the Kakatiya capital Warangal.
In 1323, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent an army led by his son Ulugh Khan (later Muhammad bin Tughluq) to the Kakatiya capital Warangal, after the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra refused to make tribute payments. Ulugh Khan's first siege of Warangal failed because of a rebellion resulting from a false rumour about Ghiyath al ...
The Deccan region slipped out of its hands within a few decades beset by rebellions. Two kingdoms arose from these developments: one being the Bahmani Sultanate founded by Alauddin Hasan Gangu Bahman Shah or Zafar Khan, [4] and the other the Telingana kingdom at Warangal under the Musunuri Nayaks. The two kingdoms warred with each other for a ...