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Abul Hasan Qutb Shah

d. 1699 · 17th century · Also known as Tana Shah, Abul Hasan Tana Shah

Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, known as Tana Shah, was the last sultan of Golconda in the Deccan, reigning from 1672 to 1687. His Brahmin ministers Madanna and Akkanna ran the government. The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb besieged Golconda for eight months and took it by treachery in 1687, imprisoning him at Daulatabad, where he died in 1699.

Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
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Golconda Sultanate

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