Aurangzeb captured the fort in 1687 and appointed Asaf Jah I ("Nizam-ul-Mulk") as the governor of the Deccan. In 1724, when the Mughal Empire was declining, the Nizam became independent and formed the Hyderabad State, of which Gulbarga area was a part.

The fort and the Gulbarga district were a part of Hyderabad State under the Nizam's rule. After India became