INTRODUCTION MINAR
 
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HISTORY 
 
 
 
LOCATION utub minar is situated in southern part of elhi, in Mehrauli.
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  FEATURES:   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 @ meters wide. It has a circular stairway made of three0hundred0seventy0nine steps to reach the top for a spectacular view. he Minar comprises of several superimposed flanged and cylindrical shafts separated by balconies. All the storeys have a balcony that circles the Minar with stone brac7ets for support. he Minar is decorated throughout with floral motifs and arabesque. Also it bears inscriptions that are verses from the +oran and messages from the 1ultans.
QU""AT#UL#ISLAM MAS$ID
 
 
 
 
 
  IRON PILLAR
 It is said to have been brought to elhi by the omar 7ing Anangpal, somewhere in the 88th century from -daygiri. here are no other relics from the same period in this site.
he Iron 2illar dates bac7 to the Gth century /&. It bears inscriptions that dedicate it as a flagstaff to honor the #indu god
Hishnu and in memory of
upta 7ing &handragupta
II (@?0G8@ A<. he pillar is a symbol of the progress of metallurgy in ancient India. It is made of =E percent wrought iron and has survived 8,;:: years without rusting.
 
 he pillar was cast in its present form not forged. *ength ?.9m of which =@ cm is underground.
iameter 0 :.G8 m.
 
 
 
ALAI DAR"A%A
It has intricate carvings in red sandstone and marble. It has red stone Dali screens.
 
IMAM ZAMIN’S TOMB 
FACADE OF ALAI DARWAZA
 
 
ALAI MINAR Ala0ud0in wanted to build a second tower of victory twice as high as utab Minar but when he died the tower had reached only 9G. meters and later no one was willing to continue his over ambitious proDect. It stands to the north of the utab Minar and the mosque.
 
 
mosque. It is built around a
quadrangular court entered on the
orth through a triple gateway.
Alauddin constructed this madrassa,
Iltutmush who made it.
 
IMAM %AMIN)S TOMB
his tomb was made in the memory of Mohammad Ali, imam Bamin. Its on the east of alai darwaBa. Its ?.@m square. It is surmounted by a sandstone dome rising from an octagonal drum, the lodhi style. It is decorated with double row of 7angooras and marble panelling above the chaDDa.he tomb has no integral connection with the utub group.
 
HISTORY  Bui*t In + 1193 (!"#!$%& Bui*t B, ' Q!)*%*%+, A+)"-
 
 he purpose for building this beautiful monument has been speculated upon, apart from the usual role of a minaret 0 that of calling people for prayer in a mosque0 in this case the
uwwat0ul0Islam mosque. $ther reasons ascribed to its construction are as a tower of victory, a monument signifying the might of Islam, or a watch tower for defense. &ontroversy
also surrounds the origins for the name of the tower. Many historians believe that the utub Minar was named after the first ur7ish sultan, utub0ud0din Aiba7 but others contend that it was named in honour of +hwaDa utb0ud0din /a7htiar +a7i, a saint from /aghdad who
came to live in India who was greatly venerated by A7bar.
sandstone and the ne+t two of marble
and sandstone. iro )hah $ughlaq
added marble to the to" storey. $he
%inar is in fact belie#ed to ha#e been
built to aid the %uein of the mosque
for "rayer calls.
 
 
 
 
utab Minar, the first monument of Muslim rule in India, heralded the beginning of a new style of art and architecture that came to be 7nown as the Indo0Islamic style.
Indo0Islamic style is neither a local variant of Islamic art, nor a modification of #indu art! it is an assimilation of both the styles, though not always in an equal degree. his amalgamation of e6otic and indigenous architectural styles was possible due to a variety or factors0the Muslim rulers had to use, in most cases, Indian craftsmen and sculptors who were schooled in their own art traditions. Another factor that inadvertently contributed to this fusion of style was that during the early Muslim invasions, mosques were often built out of materials from #indu and ain temples and sometimes temples themselves were modified into mosques.
BIRTH OF INDO#ISLAMIC ARCHITECTUR
 
NATURAL HA%ARDS
  utub Minar has survived a series of lightning bolts and earthqua7es till date. he minar is unharmed e6cept for a slight tilt, some two feet off the perpendicular. he 8st  lightning struc7 in 8@;E A and 7noc7ed off the top storey.
 
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NEWS LINE
 “Surging crowds at Qutub Minar has ASI worried KK.F    SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
  APRIL 20, 2008