Zeekad 17.
A. H. 1020.
Dec. 17.
A. D. 1611. Shortly after this, on Saturday the 17th of Zeekad, A. H. 1020, Mahomed Koolly Kootb Shah, having been taken suddenly ill, died, after an indisposition of only two days. The Deccanies assembling at the palace commenced to attack the foreigners who were maintained about the King's person; but the mob was dispersed by the kotwal of the city, who called the rioters away to the coronation of the young king. Mahomed Koolly Kootb Shah died in the 49th year of his age, after reigning nearly thirty-four years.

Among the public works executed by his orders are the following, in the vicinity of Hydrabad:—

1. The palace and gardens of the Ilahy Mahal.

2. The Mahomedy gardens.

3. The palace of Nubat-Ghat.

4. The palace of Kooh-toor.

5. The palace of the Nuddy Mahal.

6. The alms-house, entitled Lungur of the twelve Imams.

7. The Jooma musjid.

8. The college.

9. The private mosque.

10. The public hospital.

Besides these were many other mosques, baths, and public seminaries. On reference to the ac­counts of Meer Aboo Talib, the King's private treasurer, it appears that seventy-eight lacks of hoons (2,800,000l. sterling) were expended in the construction of public works during the lifetime of Mahomed Koolly Kootb Shah. A sum of sixty thousand hoons, (24,000l.) was distributed annually to the poor; of which twelve thousand hoons (4800l.) were given in charity during the month of Mohurrum alone.