The Qutub Shahi Tombs are located 10km from Golconda fort in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. They contain the mausoleums of the seven rulers of the Qutub Shahi dynasty who ruled the region from the 16th to 19th centuries. The tombs are magnificent examples of Islamic architecture, built with granite, limestone and marble. They feature large central domes surrounded by arches and pillars. The tombs are of great historic and cultural significance as the final resting places of the once powerful rulers, and are an important tourist attraction today.

1. Qutub Shahi Tombs
Qutub Shahi Tomb is located at Ibrahim Bhag, Toli Chowki, Hyderabad District, Ranga Reddy,
Telangana State of India. It is the mausoleum for the Princely Shahi’s Clans from (17th
to 19th
Centaury AD). This is a heritage monument in India for depicting Islamic architecture and
Shahi’s historic ethnicity. This is a tourist place near Golconda fort. This mausoleum is like a
heavenly garden with holy structures, which are very great to look on. To come here, one has to
reach Hyderabad, which is the capital of Telengana State. It is well connected by trains, roads
and flight. An International terminal is in Hyderabad which is catering International tourism.
From Hyderabad its only a (10Km) distance to go to Golconda where these toms are built from
(16th
Century to 19th
Century) were seven rulers are laid to rest in various tombs.
Architectural Significance
Qutub Shahi Tombs is a magnificent craftsmanship of Islamic architectural works in India. This
tomb is fully built on granites, lime stones and marbles. His tomb is in the highest order and
very enigmatically from others. It is a one storied edifice, with a large dome of ‘Gol Gumbus’ in
the center of the edifice. This is surrounded with small pillar on the edges of the main building.
The most important part is its corridor. This is followed with beautiful arches and pillars. On the
inner side, the tomb is exactly built on the center of the gol gumbus which has a universal look
while seen from inside the structure. His toms are built on marbles with green color which is
the color of Muslims. The inner parts of this structure are having very unique carvings of that
time. It is believed that he was the planner and designer of his own tomb before his death.
Historical Significance
Qutb Shahi Tombs are of great historical importance. I those days the emperor was considered
as equivalent to god. That’s why these huge tombs were built and worshiped by its peoples for
a long time. The tombs size matters, as the importance of the person buried in. A large tomb
implies he was a great ruler than the smaller tombs. All of the (7) Qutub Shahi rulers were
buried here form the 16th
to 17th
century AD. This is now a royal mausoleum in the Ibrahim
Bhag, which is as old as these tombs and looks very beautiful with greenery all around the
mausoleum. This shows that the Shahi rulers were great to cultural activities. They were so
wealthy that they made many huge structures to mark their kingdoms. This mausoleum is (1

2. Km) away from the Golconda fort. Either from where these rulers ruled the Deccan initially.
Form the Golconda fort this tombs are looking very holy and heavenly.
Tourism Significance
Qutb Shahi Tombs are of historic and cultural importance. Tourist comes here to see its glory of
the Shah kingdom; even their deaths are very costly so the kingdom was. These tombs are
listed in the heritage monuments of India by archeological department of India. It is open to
public all days, except closed on Friday. The entry fee is Rs.2 only. Good season the come here
is just avoid summer months (March to June) Here peoples of any religion can enter. Just keep
one behavior in mind that, you have to remove your chapels’ while entering the tomb areas.
Hyderabad is an International tourist destination; here all facilities are there to fulfill the need
of domestic and tourists from other nations. Here there are luxury palace hotel, star hotels and
normal lodges. The flight, train and Bus travels are running (24 hours). Locally there are tour
operators for daily site visits.
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