The first Qutb Shahi history was compiled during his reign known as the Tarikh-i Qutb Shahi. His son, Abdullah Qutub Shah, later became the Shah of Golconda.
In 1620, as then ruler of Golconda, Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah had decided to move his capital away from Golconda and Hyderabad. He selected a site about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of then Hyderabad, what is today Saroornagar. The fort was named after himself and called as Sultan Nagar Fort. The construction of this fort was abandoned by his wife Hayat Bakshi Begum who considered his sudden death in 1625 as a bad omen. [2]
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture is carrying out the conservation effort on the sprawling necropolis in collaboration with Department of Archaeology and Museums, Telangana.[3]
References
^Islamic Culture: The Hyderabad Quarterly Review, Volumes 41-43 (1979), p. 66
