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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 184. Not illustrated. Chapters: Settlements Established in 1590, Settlements Established in 1591, Settlements Established in 1592, Settlements Established in 1593, Settlements Established in 1594, Settlements Established in 1595, Settlements Established in 1596, Settlements Established in 1597, Settlements Established in 1598, Settlements Established in 1599, Hyderabad, India, Monterrey, 's-Gravendeel, Espanola, New Mexico, Natal, Rio Grande Do Norte, Ploie ti, Cedros, Tarnobrzeg, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Villahermosa, San Nicolas de Los Garza, Totatiche, Bauang, La Union, Morioka, Iwate, Parras de La Fuente, Narym, Jaboatao Dos Guararapes, La Rioja, Argentina, Mapimi, Durango, San Salvador de Jujuy, Verkhoturye, Mantyharju, Stary Oskol, Laukaa, Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago, Portobelo, Colon, Tadoussac, Quebec, San Luis, Argentina, Salekhard, San Esteban de Nueva Tlaxcala, Santa Cruz de Coya, Jesus de Huenuraqui, Osa, Perm Krai, Chivicura, Santa Cruz de Onez, Valuyki, Yadrin, Ubate. Excerpt: Hyderabad, India - Theories explaining the origins and etymology behind Hyderabad's name differ. A popular theory suggests that after founding the city, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah fell in love with and married a local Banjara girl known as Bhagmathi or Bhagyavathi, naming the city, Bhagyanagaram. Upon her conversion to Islam, she changed her name to Hyder Mahal and thus the city was named Hyderabad, which is a two worded Urdu phrase, Hyder-A'bad, meaning 'Long live Hyder'. But largely it is believed that the city is named after the son in law of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, Ali Ibn Abi Talib whose other name was Hyder. Although Hyderabad was founded less than 500 years ago, archaeologists have unearthed Iron Age sites near the city that could date back to 500 BC. Approximately over 1000 years ago this region was ruled by Kakatiya...
