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Hyderabad was founded on the banks of Musi river
by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Sultan of the Qutb
Shahi dynasty, in 1590; this relocation was
intended to relieve a water shortage the dynasty
had experienced at their old headquarters at
Golkonda.
Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb
Alamgir, otherwise known as Aurangzeb.Theories
explaining the origins and etymology behind
Hyderabad's name differ.
One theory suggests that, after founding the
city, Muhammad Quli fell in love with and
married a Hindu village girl known as Bhagamathi.
Upon her conversion to
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Muhammad Quli fell in love with and married
a Hindu village girl known as Bhagamathi.
* Hyderabad was founded on the banks of Musi
river by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
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Islam,
Bhagamathi changed her name to Hyder Mahal — the
new city's name was correspondingly changed to
match it, resulting in the eponymous name
"Hyderabad" (literally, "the city of Hyder").
Another theory states that the city got its name
from the honorary title of the fourth Caliph of
Islam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, who is referred to in
the Islamic literature with the sobriquet
Haydar-i Karrar ("swift-moving lion"), probably,
due to the Shi'ah leanings of the Qutb Shahi
rulers.
In 1687, Hyderabad was besieged and conquered by
forces under the ruler of the Mughal Empire,
Aurangzeb (alternatively known as Alamgir.
Thereafter, a succession of regents governed the
city as agents of the Mughals. Over the
centuries, the city has been ruled by the Qutb
Shahis, the Mughals, the Asaf Jahis and after
independence, the people themselves |
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