Qutb Complex
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Title
Qutb Complex
Qutub Minar
Location
Delhi, Delhi, India
Date
Mosque: begun ca. 1191
Minaret: begun ca. 1198-1215
12th century
13th century
Style Period
Mughal
Cultural Context
Indian
Subject
Architecture and City Planning
Description
Qutb minar, Alai 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).
Rights
© Saif Haq
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ID
Haq0244
Source
Saif Haq
Collection
Citation
Qutb Complex, Mosque: begun ca. 1191, Delhi, Delhi, India, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Saif Haq. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/18173.
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