Fact Qutub Minar-History

     Qutub-Minar inwards cherry-red together with buff standstone is the highest tower inwards India. It has a diameter of 14.32m at the base of operations together with most 2.75m on the overstep alongside a meridian of 72.5m.

     Qutb-u'd-Din Aibak set the foundation of Qutab Minar inwards AD 1199. The minar was said to accept been built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori, the invader from Afghanistan, over the Rajputs inwards 1192. He raised the kickoff storey, to which were added 3 to a greater extent than storeys yesteryear his successor together with son-in-law, Shamsu'd-Din IItutmish (AD 1211-36). All the storeys are surrounded yesteryear a projected balcony encircling the Minar together with supported yesteryear rock brackets, which are decorated alongside honeycomb design, to a greater extent than conspicuously inwards the kickoff storey.

    Numerous inscriptions inwards Standard Arabic together with Nagari characters inwards dissimilar places of the Minar disclose the history of Qutb. According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired yesteryear Firoz Shah Tughlaq (AD 1351-88) together with Sikandar Lodi (AD 1489-1517).

      Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, to the northeast of Minar was built yesteryear Qutbu'd-Din Aibak inwards AD 1198. It is the earliest mosque built yesteryear the Delhi Sultans. It consists of a rectangular courtyard enclosed yesteryear cloisters, erected alongside the carved columns together with architectural members of 27 Hindu together with Jain temples, which were demolished yesteryear Qutbu'd-Din Aibak equally recorded inwards his inscription on the principal eastern entrance.

    Later, a lofty arched enshroud was erected together with the mosque was enlarged, yesteryear Shamsu'd- Din IItutmish (AD 1210-35) together with Alau'd-Din Khalji. The Iron Pillar inwards the courtyard bears an inscription inwards Sanskrit inwards Brahmi script of quaternary century AD, according to which the pillar was set upwards equally a Vishnudhvaja (standard of Lord Vishnu) on the loma known equally Vishnupada inwards retentivity of a mighty Rex named Chandra. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 deep socket on the overstep of the ornate working capital missive of the alphabet indicates that belike an icon of Garuda was fixed into it.
The Tomb of IItutmish (AD 1211-36) was built inwards AD 1235. It is a plainly foursquare sleeping accommodation of cherry-red sandstone, profusely carved alongside inscriptions, geometrical together with arabesque patterns inwards Saracenic tradition on the entrances together with the whole of interior. Some of the motifs viz., the wheel, tassel, etc., are reminiscent of Hindu designs. Ala 'i- Darwaza, the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was constructed yesteryear Alau'd-Din Khalji inwards AH 710 (AD 1311) equally recorded inwards the inscriptions engraved on it. This is the kickoff edifice employing Islamic principles of structure together with ornamentation.

     Alau'd-Din Khalji commenced Ala'i Minar, which stands to the due north of Kutub-Minar, alongside the intention of making it twice the size of before Minar. He could consummate exclusively the kickoff storey, which right away has an extant meridian of 25 m. The other remains inwards the Qutab complex contain Madrasa, graves, tombs, mosque together with architectural members.