Patterned cloth exports were mainly to Java, Sumatra and other eastern countries. Patterned cloth was made of prints which were made indigenously with indigo for blue, chay-root for red coloured prints and vegetable yellow. Exports of this cloth was to Persia and European countries. Plain cloth was available as white or brown colour, in bleached or dyed variety.
High quality plain or patterned cloth made of muslin and calico was produced. Large quantities of cotton were produced for domestic and exports consumption. The Qutb Shahis expanded the fort, whose 7 km (4.3 mi) outer wall enclosed the city.ĭuring the early seventeenth century a strong cotton-weaving industry existed in Golconda. It remained the capital of the Qutb Shahi dynasty until 1590 when the capital was shifted to Hyderabad. Over a period of 62 years, the mud fort was expanded by the first three Qutb Shahi sultans into the present structure, a massive fortification of granite extending around 5 km (3.1 mi) in circumference. Bahmani rule gradually weakened during this period, and Sultan Quli (Quli Qutub Shah period) formally became independent in 1538, establishing the Qutb Shahi dynasty based in Golconda. 1487–1543), sent by the Bahmanids as a governor at Golconda, established the city as the seat of his government around 1501.
Under the Bahmani Sultanate, Golconda slowly rose to prominence. īahamani rulers took possession of the Hill to make a fort. The complex was put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site in 2014, with others in the region, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being a number of different sultanates). The region has produced some of the world's most famous diamonds, including the colourless Koh-i-Noor (now owned by the United Kingdom), the blue Hope (United States), the pink Daria-i-Noor (Iran), the white Regent (France), the Dresden Green (Germany), and the colourless Orlov (Russia), Nizam and Jacob (India), as well as the now lost diamonds Florentine Yellow, Akbar Shah and Great Mogul. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds, known as the Golconda Diamonds. 1512–1687), located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Golconda Fort ( Urdu: “round hill”), (also known as Golla konda ( Telugu: "shepherds' hill"), is a fortified citadel built by the Qutb Shahi dynasty ( c.
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