Copper fals, Abdallah Qutb Shah (1626-1672), Golkonda Sultanate, India (GG-73)

Khutima bi'l khair wa'l sa'ada and date (1068 AH = 1657 CE) // Dar ul-Sultana Heiderabad. 19mm, 10.72 grams. Haidarabad mint. Goron and Goenka "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" #Q73.

The Qutb Shahi dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Golkonda in southern India. After the collapse of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Qutb Shahi dynasty was established in 1512 AD by Sultan-Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk. The dynasty continued its independent existence until 1636, when the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan forced the Qutb Shahis to recognize Mughal suzerainty and pay periodic tributes. The dynasty came to an end in 1687 during the reign of its seventh sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, when the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb arrested and jailed Abul Hasan for the rest of his life in Daulatabad, incorporating Golkonda into the Mughal empire.