Regional and Cultural Specificities

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16th and 17th century

Culture in Bijapur

Ali Adil Shah (d. 1580) held discussions wih Hindu and Muslim saints and was called a Sufi. Also invited Catholic missionaries.
@ Waman Pandit was a noted Sanskrit scholar under his age. Also patronised Marathi.
Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580-1627) was very kind towards the poor and was called Abla Baba or Friend of the Poor.
Composed Kitab i Nauras that had songs and built a new capital at Nauraspur that had large number of Musicians.
His broad approach had him name ‘Jagat Guru’. Gave patronage to Hindu saints and temples.
Included grants to Pandharpur temple that became the center of Bhakti in Maharashtra.
Ibrahim Ruza and Gol Gumbaz are the most famous Bijapuri buildings of the period.
Gol Gumbaz has the largest single dome ever constructed balanced by tall, tapering minarets at the corner.

Ibrahim Qutub Shah (d. 1580) Murahari Rao rose to position of Peshwa second only to Mir Jumla, the wazir.
Administrative and military affairs were dominated by the Nayakwaris who formed the military-cum-landed elements.
Golconda was the intellectual resort of literary men.
Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1580-1611) was contemporary of Akbar and fond of literature and architecture.
He wrote in Dakhini Urdu, Persian and Telugu. First to introduce secular note in poetry.
Telugu people called Golconda Malkibharam out of respect. Later the Qutub Shahi kings issued grants in Persian and Telugu.

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Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah constructed many buildings Char Minar completed in 1591-92 is the most famous including the city of Hyderabad.