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
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

Haq0292

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/18221.

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