The pioneering figure in heritage theatre has mounted ‘Chand Tara’, a film celebrating the enchanting bond between Sultan ...

A bunch of heritage enthusiasts gathered near Charminar on Monday evening, lit candles and posed for photographs to mark Hyderabad’s founder Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah’s 450 birth anniversary. “April 4 ...

SHAMS-UR-RAHMAN FAROOQI had it right when he pointed out the fact that Urdu literature created in the South India, especially Deccan and Gujarat, was intentionally ignored and stifled by the critics ...

HYDERABAD:It was a prayer by Sultan Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah, the founder of Hyderabad and the builder of Charminar, at the Charminar that has seen the city become prosperous and ‘filled with people’.

This adaptation of Quli, a play on the founder of Hyderabad, has been hailed as a masterpiece in festivals across Europe and America Recreating the 17th century on stage might seem like a mammoth task ...

HYDERABAD: The reason for the construction of Charminar has always been an enigma to historians . Various theories were proposed as reasons for its construction and one of them was to mark the meeting ...

HYDERABAD:On the 500th anniversary of the legendary Qutb Shahi dynasty Hyderabad Youth Mirror organised a talk in Lamakaan recently. It centered on the legacy of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Andrew ...

In 1543, when the first Qutb Shahi ruler of Golconda was stabbed to death, one of his sons fled to Vijayanagar to save himself from his parricide brother. For seven years, he lived in exile at this ...

ASI assesses damage to 16th-century monument after plaster falls from north-east minaret; no casualties reported Heavy rains in Hyderabad on Thursday led to pieces of mortar falling from the ...

Bhagmati: Why Hyderabad’s Lost Queen Is the Soul of the City, by Moupia Basu, delves into the history of Hyderabad with the rigour of a scholar and the sensibility of a poet. She is keenly aware of ...

Nestled within the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in south Delhi, nearly 100 metres from the south entrance of Qutub Minar, is the tomb of Muhammad Quli Khan from the early 17th century — a site which ...