thumbnail|The grave of the 2nd Sultan, Jamshed Quli Qutub Shah
Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah (also transliterated in different ways) was the second ruler of the Sultanate of Golkonda under the Qutb Shahi dynasty from 1543 until his death in 1550.
His father, Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, had established the dynasty and had become the first Muslim to rule over the entire Telugu region. In 1543, Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah assassinated his father, blinded his older brother, the heir to the throne, and forced his other brother, Ibrahim Quli, to flee to Vijayanagar. Following his father's death, he did not proclaim himself sultan, but forced local chiefs to accept his suzerainty, while gaining some forts from the Baridis.
Biography
Role in Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk's death
Jamsheed's father, Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, was the progenitor of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, and ruled over the region of Telangana for nearly twenty-five years, although never formally assuming kingship. In 1543, he was assassinated. Most contemporary sources, including Firishta and the Tawarikh-i-Qutb Shahi describe this assassination as a case of patricide by Jamsheed.
thumbnail|Mausoleum of Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah
However, modern historians, including H. K. Sherwani argue that both Firishta's work and the Tawarikh-i-Qutb Shahi were compiled much later, during the reign of the descendants of Ibrahim Qutb Shah, who was Jamsheed's younger brother, and would therefore be inclined to portray Jamsheed as having a part in the assassination of his father, adding legitimacy to Ibrahim's claim.
The Tawarikh-i-Qutb Shahi relates that after Jamsheed returned to Golconda for the first time after his father's death, he spent three days and three nights weeping at his father's mausoleum. Only after distributing a large amount of gold and silver to the poor, for the repose of his father's soul, did he leave the premises. Following this, he declared that in no way was he connected to the murder, and ordered a search for the culprit. A few days later, the assassin was arrested after being identified by the imam of a mosque he had taken refuge in.