GULBARGA, a city of India, in the Nizam's dominions, 7o m. S.E. of Sholapur. Pop. (1931) 41,083. Originally Hindu, it was made the capital of the Bahmani kings when that dynasty established their independence in the Deccan in 1347, and it remained such until 1422. The palaces, mosques, fort and tombs of these kings still stand half-ruined. The most notable building is a mosque modelled after that of Cordova in Spain, and almost unique in India as being entirely covered in. Since the opening of a station on the Great Indian Peninsula railway, Gulbarga has become an important centre of trade, with cotton-spinning and weaving mills, ginning and pressing factories and flour, paint and oil mills. State offices have been built between the town and the railway station. It is also the headquarters of the largest division of Hyderabad and a district of the same name, with an area of 6,975 sq.m., and pop. (1931) 1,225,008.