Student trip to India: The Deccan Sultanates

Organizer: Prof. Eva Orthmann
Time: 31.8.-14.9.2025 (+/- 2 days)
Costs: ca 900 €/student (total amount is about 1.800 €, but 50% of the costs will be covered)
Course: „The Deccan Sultanates“, Thursday 12:15-13:45, beginning on April 17th.
Room: KWZ 3.601
Modules: B Ira 120, B Ira 124, SK Ira 131, SK Ira 132, M Ira 011/011a, M Ira 012/012a, M Ira 014/014a, M Ira 017/017a, M Ira 101/101a, M Ira 103/103a, M Ira 015/105a, M Ira 111
Transport: public transportation, hired bus

Itinerary:
Day 1: Flight do Hyderabad
Day 2-5: Visit of Hyderabad, esp. Golconda and the Qutb Shahi tombs, encounter with students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, visit of archives, manuscript departments and museums
Day 6: Hyderabad - Bidar, visit of fort and Mahmud Gawan Madrasa
Day 7: Bidar, visit of tombs and Sikh temple, journey to Gulbarga via Kalyana
Day 8: Gulbarga, Journey to Bijapur
Day 9: Visit of Bijapur
Day 10: Journey to Ahmednagar, begin of visit
Day 11: Visit of Ahmednagar
Day 12: Journey to Doulatabad, visit of Doulatabad and Khuldabad
Day 13: Journey to Mumbai, visit
Day 14: Mumbai, return flight