Qutub Minar

Qutub Minar is the additional tallest and anytime adorable actual cairn of India amid in Delhi at Aurobindo Marg, Mehrauli. It is complete in different architectural appearance application red sandstones and marble. It is advised that Mughals complete this achievement belfry to bless their victories over the Rajputs. It is counted amidst acclaimed building of the apple and added to the apple ancestry sites. It is 73 beat alpine belfry accepting 14.3 accent abject bore, 2.7 beat top bore, 379 staircases and bristles storey architecture. The architecture of the Qutub Minar was started by the Qutab-ud-din Aibak about accomplished by the Iltutmish. The architecture of this minar was completed in 1200 A.D. It is one of the abundant masterpieces of the Mughal architectonics accepting cardinal of storeys with admirable carvings. It is one of the adorable sightseeing which attracts a huge crowed every year from every corners of the apple. It had faced abounding amercement because of the earthquakes about adequate and adapted anniversary time by the corresponding rulers. Firoz absolutist had repaired its two top floors which was damaged in the convulsion. Addition apology was done by the Sikandar Lodi in 1505 and above artisan in 1794 to adjustment damaged genitalia of the minar. It opens up at 6am in the morning and bankrupt at 6pm in the black accustomed of the anniversary. The minar is complete abounding years ago application red sandstone, sandstones and marbles.

 It contains several flanged and annular shafts and its storey is afar by balconies. The aboriginal three storeys of the Qutub minar are complete application red sandstone about fourth and fifth storeys are complete application marble and sandstone. There is a Quwwat-ul-Islam abbey (advised as the aboriginal abbey complete in India) at the abject of this minar. There is an adamant colonnade of acme 7 beat in the Qutb circuitous accounting with Brahmic inscriptions. The walls of the minar are accounting with assorted verses from the Quran (Muslim’s angelic fabulous scripture). It additionally contains its history accounting in Devnagari and Arabic characters. It is the acclaimed cairn of day-tripper attractions including added structures abreast it. From age-old time, it is believed that one who band it (adamant colonnade) with easily by continuing in advanced of it with his aback, would get his all wishes accomplished. Tourists from abounding corners of the apple appear actuality every year to see the adorableness of this actual and different cairn.

The ensemble of mosques, minarets and other structures in the Qutub Minar complex is a remarkable testament to the architectural and artistic achievements of the Islamic rulers after they first established their rule over the Indian subcontinent in the 12th century. Located in south New Delhi, the complex exemplifies the new rulers' push to transform India from Dar al Harb to Dar al Islam through the introduction of distinctive building types and forms.

The Qutb Mosque, Quwwatu'l-Islam, which means the power of Islam, introduced classical Islamic architectural models to India which developed in West Asia. The mosque is a large rectangular courtyard surrounded by arcades with carved columns on three sides and an impressive five-lobed screen marking the western side. It incorporated temple elements such as carved pillars and panels typical of Hindu and Jain temples and was completed by the subsequent rulers - Qutb ud din Aibak and Shamsud-Din Iltutmish. Echoing their Ghurid homeland, they built a minar (minaret) in the southeastern corner of Quwwatu'l-Islam between 1199 and 1503, expanding the vocabulary of the distinctive classical Islamic mosque. Built of red and brown sandstone and decorated with eloquent inscriptions, the Qutub Minar is India's tallest stone minaret at 72.5 meters high and has a protruding balcony to call all the Muadhdhin to prayer. Iron pillars in the courtyard give the mosque a distinctly Indian aesthetic.

The 13th-century Iltutmish square tomb in the northwestern part of Quwwatu'l Islam marks the start of the tradition of building royal tombs, a practice that continued into Mughal India. The tomb is richly decorated with geometric and arabic inscriptions and designs related to the Saracen tradition. The additions to the existing ensemble made by Allaudin Khilji between 1296 and 1311 reflect the power of the king. During his short reign, the Emperor added a large ceremonial gate (Alai Darwaza) south of the Qutub Minar and also added a madarsa (place of learning). The incomplete first floor of the Alai Minar, which is said to be twice the size of the Qutub Minar, is 25 meters high.