Golconda Sultanate
The Golconda Sultanate was an early modern sultanate located in the southeastern Deccan, ruled by the Qutb Shahi dynasty. One of the five Deccan sultanates, it was established in 1518 by Quli Qutb Shah, a Shi'a Muslim of Turkoman origin. The Persianate Golconda Sultanate covered parts of the modern-day Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and some parts of Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.