Qutb Complex
Item
- Title
- Qutb Complex
- Alternative Title
- Qutub Minar
- City
- Delhi, Delhi, India
- Country
- India
- Date Created
- Mosque: begun ca. 1191
- Minaret: begun ca. 1198-1215
- Century
- 12th century
- 13th century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Mughal
- Cultural Context
- Indian
- Description
- Qutb minar
- 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).
- Source
- Saif Haq
- Photographer
- Saif Haq
- Rights Holder
- © Saif Haq
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
“Qutb Complex”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 11, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/14601