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e
city
is
said
to
have
been
founded
c.
1187
by
Bhillama
V,
a
Yadava
prince
who
renounced
his
allegiance
to
the
Chalukyas
and
established
the
power
of
the
Yadava
dynasty
in
the
west.[20]
During
the
rule
of
the
Yadava
king
Ramachandra,
Alauddin
Khalji
of
Delhi
Sultanate
raided
Devagiri
in
1296,
forcing
the
Yadavas
to
pay
a
hefty
tribute.[21]
When
the
tribute
payments
stopped,
Alauddin
sent
a
second
expedition
to
Devagiri
in
1308,
forcing
Ramachandra
to
become
his
vassal.[22]
In
1328,
Muhammad
bin
Tughluq
of
Delhi
Sultanate
transferred
the
capital
of
his
kingdom
to
Devagiri,
and
renamed
it
Daulatabad.
Some
scholars
ague
that
the
idea
behind
transfering
the
capital
was
rational,
because
it
lay
more
or
less
in
the
centre
of
the
kingdom,
and
geographically
secured
the
capital
from
the
north-west
frontier
attacks.
In
the
Daulatabad
fort,
he
found
the
area
arid
&
dry.
Hence
he
built
a
huge
reservoir
for
water
storage
&
connected
it
with
a
far-away
river.
He
used
siphon
system
to
fill
up
the
reservoir.
However,
his
capital-shift
strategy
failed
miserably
due
to
lack
of
application
&
other
factors.
Hence
he
shifted
back
to
Delhi
&
earned
him
the
moniker
"Mad
King".
The
next
important
event
in
the
Daulatabad
fort
time-line
was
the
construction
of
the
Chand
Minar
by
the
Bahmani
ruler
Hasan
Gangu
Bahmani,
also
known
as
Ala-ud-Din
Bahman
Shah
(r.
3
August
1347
–
11
February
1358).
Hasan
Gangu
built
the
Chand
Minar
as
a
replica
of
the
Qutb
Minar
of
Delhi,
of
which
he
was
a
great
fan
of.
He
employed
Iranian
architects
to
built
the
Minar
who
used
Lapis
Lazuli
&
Red
Ochre
for
coloring.
Currently,
the
Minar
is
out
of
bounds
for
the
tourists,
because
of
a
suicide
case.
As
we
move
further
into
the
fort,
we
can
see
the
Chini
Mahal,
a
VIP
prison
built
by
Aurangzeb.
In
this
prison,
he
kept
Abul
Hasan
Tana
Shah
of
the
Qutb
Shahi
Dynasty
of
Hyderabad.
The
antecedents
of
Abul
Hasan
Tana
Shah,
the
last
Qutub
Shahi
king
are
shrouded
in
mystery.
Although
a
kinsman
of
the
Golconda
royals,
he
spent
his
formative
years
as
a
disciple
of
renowned
Sufi
saint
Shah
Raju
Qattal,
leading
a
spartan
existence
away
from
the
pomp
and
grandeur
of
royalty.
Shah
Raziuddin
Hussaini,
popularly
known
as
Shah
Raju,
was
held
in
high
esteem
by
both
the
nobility
and
commoners
of
Hyderabad.
Abdullah
Qutub
Shah,
the
seventh
king
of
Golconda
was
among
his
most
ardent
devotees.
He
died
in
prison
leaving
no
male
heir
to
the
throne.