Quli Qutb Shah
| Sultan Quli | |
|---|---|
| Qutb-ul-Mulk (Pillar of the Realm) | |
c. 1686 portrait of Sultan Quli | |
| 1st Sultan of Golconda | |
| Reign | 7 December 1518 – 2 September 1543 |
| Predecessor | Position established |
| Successor | Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah |
| Born | 1485 Hamadan, Aq Qoyunlu |
| Died | 2 September 1543 (aged 57–58) Hyderabad, Sultanate of Golconda |
| Burial | Qutb Shahi tombs, Hyderabad |
| Issue | Qutbuddin Jamsheed Abdul Khadir Abdul Karim Husayn Ibrahim |
| House | Qutb Shahi dynasty |
| Father | Uways Quli Beg |
| Mother | Maryam Khanum |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, more often though less correctly referred to in English as Quli Qutb Shah (1485 – 2 September 1543), was the founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, which ruled the Sultanate of Golconda in southern India from 1518 to 1687. Of Turkoman origin and born in Persia, he originally served the Bahmani sultan, and was awarded the title Qutb-ul-Mulk (Pillar of the Realm) as military chief; he eventually took control of Golconda.