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| The memory of the seven Qutub Shahi kings who ruled Golconda for nearly 170 years are tombs dedicated. The most authentic evidence of the Qutub Shahi architectural traditions. Amidst picturesque and landscaped gardens, known as Ibrahim bagh, is the wonderfull place. The most eloquent specimens of Indo-Persian architecture influenced by Deccani structural perceptions can be seen in the tombs. |
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| Emergence of a distinct Qutub Shahi school marked by ostentation of arches, domes, minarets and columns is the total impact of this fusion. In the time of Ibrahim Qutub Shah these architectural tendencies began surfacing and reached their climax in the reign of Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah. The structural engineering talent of the Qutub Shahi period is praised the tombs are an unequivocal manifestation. |
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| Despite the combined assault of time, weather and man the tombs still retain their original glory. |
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| The larger tombs are double storeyed while the smaller ones have single storey. Stands on a raised plateau large and close group of royal sepulchers, each one of them erected on a wide quadrangular terrace reached from all sides by flights of steps. |
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| The mausoleums are marked by symmetry in arches and arcades from the plinth to the peak. Sarcophagus crowning the burial vault and the crypt below are present at the centre of each tomb. |
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| Rising from nine to 15 metres above the terrace almost all the tombs are quadrangular and surrounded by balustrades with beautiful minarets at the corners. |
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| The complex contains 30 tombs while few are found outside its compound. Restoration of these tombs were undertaken by Salar Jung I, which were in a state of disrepair and ensured that a protective wall was built to ward off vandals. |
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| The tombs are in two large quadrangular enclosures. Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah, Ibrahim Quli, Jamsheed Quli, Sultan Quli and Kulsoom begum, daughter of Muhammed Qutub Shah are the mausoleums houses in the first. |
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| Sultan Quli Qutub-ul-Mulk, founder of the Qutub Shahi dynasty and his son Jamsheed Quli Qutub Shah’s tombs are the modest among them are the tombs. The tomb of the founder, who built it himself during his lifetime, is marked by simplicity and symmetry in design and stands on a platform of 30 metres on each side. |
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| Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah, who started the tradition of erecting magnificent structures in the city is one of the biggest tombs belong to. Ibrahim’s tomb has two graves in the main chamber and 16 on the terrace. |
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| On all the sides of the sarcophagus are inscriptions in Tulth. It may be mentioned that the most celebrated calligraphers Isphalan, Ismail and Taqiuddin, whose contribution to the wealth of inscriptions on Qutubshahi edifices is legendary, were all contemporaries of Ibrahim Shah. |
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| The tomb of founder of Hyderabad Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah is easily the most impressive, rising to a height of 42.5 meters with a large dome and 28 open arches on each side. The tomb is built on a two-tiered terrace designed to look like a captivating gallery with false openings and with two central pillars. |
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| One finds also a feature so conventional to Islamic sepulchural architecture, that is, rich ornamental parapets with minarets at the corners. The founder’s grave is in the vault in the middle of the plinth at the lower level of the terrace, reached by a flight of steps. |
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| Another impressive mausoleum is that of Mohammed Qutub Shah, son-in-law of Muhammed Quli. The last of the royal tombs belongs to Abdullah Qutub Shah.
the tomb of the founding ftaher of Hyderabad Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is one of the grandest of all the Qutb Shahi tombs built in 1602 A.D. There are entrances on the southern and eastern sides. 28 open arches on each side, rising to a height of 42.5 meters with a large dome and, the mausoleum is built on a two-tiered terrace designed to look like a captivating gallery with false openings and with two central pillars. The tomb itself is situated in a vault below the terrace with a number of steps leading to it. The tomb is further decorated with inscriptions in the Persian and Naskh scripts. |
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| Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shah is the grandest and one of the most impressive mausoleums of the Qutb Shahi tombs. The entire facade of the mausoleum was once decorated with enameled tiles as it is built in 1626. There are six graves altogether in this tomb with inscriptions in Tulth and Naskh scripts. |
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| There are a few more tombs of their relatives and nobles existing side by side along with the tombs of the Qutb Shahi kings. The tombs of Fatima Sultan, sister of Muhammed Qutub Shah with its bulbous dome, Kulsoom Begum, Mohammed Qutub’s grand daughter along with her husband and daughter. |
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| Premamati , Taramati, Muhammed Neknam Khan, who served as the commander-in-chief of Abdullah’s army in the Carnatic as also the twin-tombs of Nizamuddin Ahamasd Gilani and Abdul Jabbar Gilani - the two favouritc physicians ot'Sultan Abdullah.These were among the few Qutub Shahi tombs that were not of royalty. |
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| Located two kms from the Golconda Fort |
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