Passing an old tomb on the way from the airport to Qutub Minar |
Road Sign - turn left here for Qutub Minar |
Booking Office - Qutub Minar (10 rupees for Indians, 250 for everyone else) |
Map of the Qutub Minar Complex |
Qutub Minar - the tallest brick minaret in India |
The gateway at Qutub Minar |
Gateway at Qutub Minar |
Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) |
Qutb Minar - 72.5m (237ft) |
Delhi's Qutub Minar Complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Qutb Minar was built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori over the Rajputs in 1192 |
The Qutb Minar was inspired by the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan |
Qutb Minar marks the beginning of Islamic rule in northern India |
Qutub Minar was built on the site of Lal Kot, the red citadel of the city of Dhillika, capital of the last Hindu rulers of Delhi |
Alai Minar was planned by the Sultan Alauddin Khilji (r 1296-1316) to be twice as high as the Qutb Minar |
The Qutb Minar is surrounded by ruins |
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, west side |
Entrance to the Tomb of Iltutmish |
Small green parrots at the Qutub Minar complex |
Green Parrot, Delhi |
Green Parrot on an Islamic inscription |
Entrance to the Tomb of Iltutmish |
Tomb of Iltutmish, the Second Sultan of Delhi (r. 1211-1236) |
Tomb of Iltutmish was once covered by a dome |
Ornate carvings on the Tomb of Iltutmish |
Dennis touring with the Lonely Planet North India |
Dennis at the Qutub Minar Complex |
Inscriptions on the Tomb of Iltutmish |
Dennis with the Qutb Minar |
Qutb Minar and the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
Part of the Qutb Minar through an arch of the mosque |
Construction of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque started in 1193 AD |
Qutb Minar and the the ruins of Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque |
Qutub Minar has a diameter of 14.3m at the base and 2.7m at the top |
Dennis, Qutub Minar Complex |
Part of the former madrasa at Qutub Minar with that looks like a modern dome |
Madrasa of Alauddin Khalji in the southwest corner of the Qutb Minar Complex |
Gate leading to the Quadrangle of the Madrasa of Alauddin Khalji |
Madrasa of Alauddin Khalji |
Qutub Minar Complex - Madrasa of Alauddin Khalji |
Quwwat ul-Islam (Might of Islam) Mosque, the original Great Mosque of Delhi |
Carved pillars of the cloister columns, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Alai Darwaza Gate south of the mosque |
Ruins on the edge of the Qutub Minar Complex |
Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, established in 1193 AD |
The Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque was built with the looted remains of 27 destroyed Hindu and Jain Temples |
The Cloister, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Qutb Minar through an arch of Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
A woman rests by the cloister, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Detail of stone carvings at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Intricately carved mihrab of Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, 1196 AD |
The mihrab screen indicates the direction of Mecca |
The pillared cloister was added to the mosque 1210-1220 AD |
Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque - South Cloister |
The columns used in the cloisters were taken from Hindu and Jain temples |
The stone construction of the Cloister roof, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Stone screen, Qutb Minar Complex |
The base of Qutb Minar - 14.3m in diameter |
Mid section with one of the balconies, Qutb Minar |
Standing at the base of the Qutub Minar |
Detail of the inscriptions on the Qutub Minar |
Detail of the inscriptions on the Qutub Minar |
Detail of the inscriptions on the Qutb Minar |
Qutub Minar has 379 steps to reach the top, but is not open to the public |
Cloister - Qutub Minar Complex |
Cloister - Qutub Minar Complex |
Arch Detail - entrance to Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Ceiling Detail - entrance to Qutub Minar Complex |
Cloister - Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Qutb Minar from the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque (SE Corner) |
Tomb in the northeast corner of the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
The Iron Pillar of Delhi with the Qutb Minar |
Inscription dating the Iron Pillar to the reign of Chandra, 375-413 AD |
English translation of the inscription on the Iron Pillar of Delhi |
Stone calligraphy and decoration, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Tomb of Iltutmish through an opening in the west side of the mosque |
Cloister - south side of the main courtyard, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Qutub Minar and the Iron Pillar - Courtyard of the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Courtyard of the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Great arch, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Dennis, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque |
Exiting through the Alai Darwaza Gate |
Star of David - Alai Darwaza Gate detail |
Interior dome of the Alai Darwaza Gate |
Tomb of Imam Zamin |
Tomb of Imam Zamin |
Alai Darwaza Gate, the southern gate to the Qutub Minar Complex |
Alai Darwaza Gate and the Tomb of Imam Zamin |
Southeastern side of the Qutub Minar Complex |
Alai Darwaza Gate |
Alai Darwaza Gate |
Alai Darwaza Gate |
Tomb of Imam Zamin |
Tomb of Imam Zamin, a 15th C. Sufi Saint |
قطب مینار |
The Eastern Cloister Qutub Minar Complex |