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QUTUB MINAR


Qutub Minar  or  Qutb Minar  is located in the New Delhi in India. It is  a UNESCO World Heritage  Site  in India.  (UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL  AND SCIENTIFIC  CULTURAL  ORGANISATION) is an abbreviation of  UNESCO

 The Qutb Minar was constructed by the Qutb-ud-din-Aibak in 1192 with red sandstone marbles and the construction was completely by the Iltutmish. It contains 379 stairs to reach the top of Qutub tower and stands as tallest minaret in India. It has a height of 72.5 meters  as 237.8 ft from the ground level. It  diameter of base of Qutub Minar  is 14.3 meters  and the top of the tower has diameter base 2.7 meters. 

                   
   Qutb-ud-din-aibak destroyed  27 Hindu and Jain temples and rebuilted the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque  was builted according to a Persian methods  and is surrounded by several ancient ,medieval structures and ruins.
Qutub Minar is the second highest tower in India. It is blue and buff sandstone . The Minar is supported by stone brackets which are decorated with honeycomb designs. The minaret  is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Quran. The history of Qutb Minar mainly depends on the numerous inscriptions in Parso-Arabic and Nagari characters.
                                      
  Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque , is located in the northeast of Minar was built by Delhi sultans  Qutbu’d-Din Aibak in 1198AD. After the years ago the mosque was came under the control of Shams ud  Din Iltutmish  in the years between 1210-1235AD. The Qutub Minar  has several features as  cylindrical shafts and superposed flanged  separated by balconies carried by the Muqarnas corbels.
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