Qutab Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world. Located in the city of Delhi, And is also the oldest Islamic monument in the city. All these features make it a highly visited site by tourists who are staying in different New Delhi hotels And in 1993 was declared Heritage by Unesco.
With 72.5 meter high Qutab Minar dominates the views around you in a grand manner. Its construction began in 1193, under the orders of Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi. His intention was to overcome the size Minaret of JamLocated Afghanistan.
However, Aybak failed more than the base end of the project. Iltusmish, his successor, was responsible for adding three floors, and it was only in 1368 that Tughluq Firuz Shah was able to end a colossal work. But, of course, after so many years of work, the difference in styles is remarkable.
This is the greatest virtue architectural monument. It was built of reddish sandstone, and covered with carvings and verses Quran. The top combines the PIDER red with white marble, so the Qutab Minar suggests the course of the centuries that took his performance as if it were a time line.
Until today, there is no general consensus on the utility to be given to the minaret when construction began. Is believed to have been projected as the minaret of the Quwwat mosque-ul-Islam, Which is next to him in the same complex, or it could have been a tower of victory or a defensive building.
Other structures include the Qutub complex extensions to the mosque and some outbuildings, like the tombs of Imam Zamin and Iltutmish.
We had caught up with the sunset and you left us a visit on this first day: the ruins of Qutb, Where the Qutb Minar minaret of the, the highest in the world with its 72 meters.
Qutb was the first Islamic city of Delhi, built at its edge by Qutb Ud Din Aibak between 1192 and 1198. After the arrival of Muslims in the town were destroyed many Jain and Hindu temples were located there, and its stones were used to build an Islamic mosque that is the little that remains in this complex.
Next to this mosque is where stands the Qutb Minar minaret, originally a minaret that measured 80 meters and has a base of over 15 meters in diameter. The tore has five floors, all with terraces, the three pimreros made of red sandstone, while the latter two are of white marble, but this is because this material was rebuilt in 1370 by Firuz Shah.
Among the ruins is also preserved a curious iron column V century which is characterized by the non-oxidized despite the passage of time, which becomes an amazing quality that has long been studied by scientists no luck. Indian tradition says that whoever managed to embrace the entire column with their arms, but his back, will be lucky for life. |