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Title/Caption	Qutb Complex
Site/Creative Center	Delhi (India)
Date of Work	1193-1316. Mosque: begun ca. 1191; Minaret: begun ca. 1198-1215
Description of View	Minaret (Qutb Minar), total, angled view upward. [General view.]
Notes	This partially ruined building complex includes Delhi's first congregational mosque (Jami masjid), known today as the 'Might of Islam' (Quwwat al-Islam). The mosque was founded upon the conquest of the northern Indian region by the commander Qutb al-Din Aybak of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad ibn Sam. On the southeast corner of the original hypostyle mosque stands the minaret, the Qutb Minar, begun by Qutb al-Din Aybak and modelled after so-called victory towers of Ghazna and Jam (Afghanistan).
Technique/Process	architecture
Culture	Indian (South Asian) / Islamic
Century	12th - 14th Century. Minaret: 13th Century
Style of Work	Mughal
Subject	Architecture, Indian (South Asian) Architecture, Mughal Architecture, 13th Century Religious buildings Mosques Minarets Towers (single built works)
Publisher	Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation
Publisher.Location	Freeport, Maine (United States)
Credit Line	(C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Reference Number	Saskia Kia-0551
Collection Title	Architecture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu:2000/ah_copyright.html