The Adil Shah were great patrons of learning, Art and architecture. Bijapur became the rendezvous of men of learning and flourished as multi-national and multi-racial city, with people flocking to it from Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, Africa, North India, and other Regions of the Deccan. Further, with ideological link between Iran and the Adil Shahs, there was a constant influx of Iranians and they had profound impact on all walks of life and culture. Iran Bijapur Relations were very special Bijapur became the cradle of Cultures and nucleus of composite cultures with the unique Architectural monuments of distinct, Adil Shahi Style which are the living heritage. During the second half of the seventeenth century, when the kingdom was at its height, it extended from Arabian Sea on the West Coast to the Bay of Bengal on the East coast. This Magnum opus recaptures the sublime spirit of the opulent Oriental life and culture as rendered by its Aesthetic carved architecture, art, pulsating lush paintings, costumes, jewellery, arms, armour and scores of other antiquities, which are brought to light now and most of them published for the first time. Being Secular rulers they patronized Muslims, Hindus, and Christians alike. The Hindus occupied high positions in administration and the Army and were recruited at all levels. European too were employed and were given extra-ordinary concessions to establish factories within the Kingdom. They patronized Parsian, Marathi, Kanarease, Urdu and Arabic languages. Some of the royal orders or farmans were bilingual. Some of them were inscribed on stone slabs and have survived. It represented unity in diversity. The composite Civilization that evolved at the highly cosmopolitan Bijapur was known as