Abstract
Mir Mohammad Momin Astarabadi (1553-1626), was an immigrant who left
a career at the Safavid court and came to the Qutb Shahi to serve as the top advisor
at the Qutb Shahi’s court from c. 1581 to 1625. He worked as Peshwa (prime
minister) under Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah and Muhammad Qutb Shah. He was
second in power only to the Sultan, in addition to being a noted poet and a
respected and devout member of the Ulama. He contributed the Qutb Shahi
Deccan period with his scholarship and the literature. The Persian manuscript
Insha-i Qasir-i Tabbasi, in the Salar Jung Museum (A.N. 31) gives the
information about the history of Qutb Shahi Deccan and the relations with Safavid
Empire of Iran. The relations between Qutb Shahi, Mughals and Safavid Empires
were very deep and historical. The Central Asia, Iran, Northern Hindustan and
Deccan had a vast world of shared linguistic (Persian) and cultural practices. As
Muzaffar Alam noted that, the Iranian could arrive in a strange, immediately find
their bearings, and function with a great deal of ease; at Mughal or Qutb Shahi
courts. Indians and Iranians had very relevant interconnections from Ancient to
Medieval times in history. T. N. Devare, Muhiuddin Qadri Zore, H.K. Sherwani,
Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam and Laura Weinstein focused on the
history and personality of Mir Mohammad Momin Astarabadi in their works and
research articles. The proposed research paper focuses on the contribution of Mir
Mohammad Momin Astarabadi in the field of Deccan heritage and the history of
Qutb Shahi Deccan. The paper is re-assessing the role of Persian scholar in Qutb
Shahi Deccan and urbanization, architecture of the town Hyderabad. It is very
significant issue for the history of Persian currents in medieval Central Asia to
Punjab – North India to Deccan history and Indo- Persian cultural study. In the
term of methodology, the paper has been made by the use of both primary sources,
manuscripts, translations and the standard secondary data from Aurangabad,
Hyderabad Libraries and archives etc. The paper tried to understand the Qutb
Shahi Deccan heritage, in the reigns of Muhammad and Abdullah Qutb Shahs, a
golden age of Qutb Shah Deccan dynasty, a harmonious combination of the Indo
Persian Culture and the State in the personality and scholarship of the Peshwa
Astarabadi.
Shaikh Musak Rajjak. (2015) Mir Mohammad Momin Astarabadi’s Contribution to Qutb Shahi Deccan History, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 52, Issue 2.
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