🕌 Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Delhi Sultanate monuments in Mehrauli
📋 Fast Facts
- Qutb Minar minaret: 72.5 metres tall, begun in 1192 by Qutb-ud-din Aibak
- Complex includes Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar (4th century CE), Alai Darwaza (1311), and unfinished Alai Minar
- UNESCO World Heritage Site designated 1993
- Located in Mehrauli, South Delhi; managed by the Archaeological Survey of India
The Qutb Minar complex in Mehrauli, Delhi, comprises a group of monumental structures documenting the establishment of Islamic rule in the Indian subcontinent from the late 12th century onwards. Construction of the primary minaret began in 1192 under Qutb-ud-din Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, with successive rulers and emperors expanding and modifying the site over subsequent centuries. The complex stands as an architectural and historical record of Indo-Islamic synthesis during the ...