Qutb Complex
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Qutb Complex
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Qutub Minar
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Delhi, Delhi, India
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India
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Mosque: begun ca. 1191
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Minaret: begun ca. 1198-1215
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12th century
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13th century
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Architecture and City Planning
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Mughal
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Indian
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Qutb minar
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This partially ruined building complex includes Delhi's first congregational mosque (Jami masjid), known today as the Might of Islam (Quwwat al-Islam). The mosque was founded upon the conquest of the northern Indian region by the commander, Qutb al-Din Aybak of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad ibn Sam. On the southeast corner of the original hypostyle mosque stands the minaret, the Qutb Minar, begun by Qutb al-Din Aybak and modelled after so-called victory towers of Ghazna and Jam (Afghanistan).
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Saif Haq
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Saif Haq
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© Saif Haq
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“Qutb Complex”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 15, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/14601