THE QUTUB COMPLEX

MANAR OR MANARA, THE ARABIC WORDS MEANING EITHER "PLACE OF FIRE" (NAR OR
“PLACE OF LIGHT“ NUR. MINARET IS ONE OF THE POPULAR SYMBOLS OF ISLAM BOTH
POLITICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.

AT THE BASE, THE DIAMETER OF THE MINARET IS A LITTLE OVER FOURTEEN

METERS AND IT TAPERS TOWARDS THE TOP, WHERE IT IS ONLY SLIGHTLY
UNDER 3 METERS WIDE. IT HAS A CIRCULAR STAIRWAY MADE OF THREE-
HUNDRED-SEVENTY-NINE STEPS TO REACH THE TOP FOR A SPECTACULAR VIEW.
THE MINAR COMPRISES OF SEVERAL SUPERIMPOSED FLANGED AND CYLINDRICAL
SHAFTS SEPARATED BY BALCONIES.
ALL THE STOREYS HAVE A BALCONY THAT CIRCLES THE MINAR WITH STONE
BRACKETS FOR SUPPORT. THE MINAR IS DECORATED THROUGHOUT WITH
FLORAL MOTIFS AND ARABESQUE. ALSO IT BEARS INSCRIPTIONS THAT ARE
VERSES FROM THE KORAN AND MESSAGES FROM THE SULTANS.

BUILT IN : 1193 (STARTED)

BUILT BY ; QUTUB-UD-DIN AIBAK
ALAI DARWAZA QUTUB MINAR
ILTUTMISH TOMB
. IT IS 17.2M QUTAB MINAR WITH A
SQUARE AND LENGTH OF 238 FEET,
PIERCED BY COMMANDS A
ACHED PANORAMIC VIEW OF
OPENINGS THAT IT IS A THE GREEN FIELDS
ECHO THE SIMPLE EXTENDING INTO A
CONTOURS OF SQUARE SPRAWLING CITY OF
THE COVERING CHAMBER, DELHI.
DOME. COVERED
ORIGINALLY
BY A
CIRCULAR PROJECTED
DOME THAT BALCONIES
THE ARCHED WAS SUPPORTED BY
ENTRANCES AND CARRIED ON STONE BRACKETS
JALIS ARE A FORM OF SURROUND EACH OF
DECORATED BY SQUINCH THE STOREYS.
FRINGES OF LOTUS ARCH
BUDS.
THE STONE
BRACKETS ARE
DECORATED WITH
JALI WORK IN THE . IT IS MADE OF RED SAND STONE, SITUATED HONEYCOMB DESIGN.
WINDOWS NORTHWEST OF THE MINARET. IT IS A LANDMARK IN
INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE.
THE FIRST THREE
STORIES ARE MADE
OF SANDSTONE AND
IT HAS INTRICATE THE NEXT TWO OF
CARVINGS IN RED MARBLE
SANDSTONE AND AND SANDSTONE.
MARBLE. IT HAS FIROZ SHAH
RED STONE JALI
TUGHLAQ ADDED
SCREENS.
MARBLE TO THE TOP
STOREY.

INSIDE IS DECORATED AND ELABORATED WITH QURANIC

VERSES. MARBLE IS USED IN MEHRAB AND CENOTAPH.

SAHAR ZEHRA
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