Hazrat Syed Hussain Shah Wali was a revered sufi saint of Golkonda, during the reign of Qutb Shahi dynasty. He is credited with building the Hussain Sagar at Hyderabad in the year 1562. The mausoleum and shrine at the Qutb Shahi Tombs called Dargah Hussain Shah Wali was built by Abdullah Qutb Shah in his honour. He is a hussaini Syed and descendant of Khwaja Banda Nawaz. He died in 1620.