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1550
Anwar-i Suhayli
Collection of Persian fables. Consists of 126 miniatures. Golconda. -
1565
Battle of Talikota
The defeat of Vijayanagara by the Deccan Sultanates -
1566
Tarif e-Hussain Shahi
Earliest surviving illustrated manuscript in praise of life and reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar -
1568
Ashiqa
illustrated manuscript copy of the original by Amir Khusrow. About the tragic love story of Khizr Khan and Deval Devi. Commissioned by Murtaza I of Ahmadnagar. -
1570
Nujum al-Ulam
Illustrated manuscript about ancient Indian astrology. It consists of more than 1000 paintings. Commissioned under Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur. -
1580
Ragamala Paintings
earliest to be found. Northern Deccan -
1580
Kulliyat-e Quli Qutb Shah
First Kulliyat in the Dakhani language by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Golconda -
Period: 1580 to
Seh Nasr by Zuhuri
Anthology composed of the Persian preface of Kitab-i Nauras, Gulzar-i Ibrahim and Khan-i Khalil -
Period: 1580 to
Reign of Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
5th Sultan of Qutn Shahi dynasty of Golconda -
Period: 1580 to
Reign of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II
6th Sultan of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur. -
Kitab-i Nauras
Collection of songs by Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II to illustrate the Ragas and Raginis. -
Period: to
Pem Nem (The Laws of Love)
Illustrated manuscript made in Bijapur under Ibrahim Adil Shah II.
