Abdullah Qutb Shah

Abdullah Qutb Shah
The Seventh Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty
Reign	1626–1672
Predecessor	Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah
Successor	Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Born	1614
Died	21 April 1672 (aged 57–58)
Issue	Fatima Khanum (wife of Mirza Sayyid Nizamuddin Ahmad, nephew of Abbas I of Persia) Padshah Bibi (wife of Muhammad Sultan) Badshah Bibi (wife of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah)
House	Qara Qoyunlu
Father	Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah
Mother	Hayat Baksh Begum

Tomb of Abdullah Qutb Shah in Hyderabad, India.

Abdullah Qutb Shah (also transliterated in different ways) was the seventh ruler of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India under the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He ruled from 1626 to 1672.

Abdullah, son of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, was a polyglot, and a lover of poetry and music. He invited to his court and respected Kshetrayya, a famous lyric writer. Kshetrayya is known for his romantic poetry.

His reign was full of sorrow and trouble. His only success was demolishing decayed Vijayanagara Empire by capturing Vellore, last capital of it in 1652. Aurangzeb under the command from Shah Jahan took over Hyderabad by surprise and restricted Abdullah within the Golconda fort. Abdullah worked hard to negotiate reasonable terms of surrender but the Mughals forced him into accepting severe conditions. However, the severe terms were sweetened by a matrimonial alliance between the two families: Abdullah's second daughter, known as Padshah Bibi Sahiba, was married to Aurangzeb's eldest son, Muhammad Sultan Mirza. She was his first wife, and so the chances of her progeny becoming Mughal emperor were great. However it did not ultimately happen.

This unhappy monarch died in 1672 and was succeeded by his son-in-law, Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (married to Abdullah's eldest daughter).

*Tomb of Abdullah Qutb Shah.