The Qutb Minar, likewise spelled as Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and “triumph tower” that structures part of the Qutb complex. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli space of New Delhi, India. It is one of most visited places of interest in the city because of it being one of the soonest that makes due in the Indian subcontinent.

It tends to be contrasted with the 62-meter all-block Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, of c. 1190, which was built 10 years or thereabouts before the plausible beginning of the Delhi tower. The surfaces of both are intricately beautified with engravings and mathematical examples. The Qutb Minar has a shaft that is fluted with “magnificent tapered rock organizing under the overhangs” at the highest point of each stage. As a general rule, minarets were delayed to be utilized in India and are regularly isolates from the principle mosque where they exist.

The Qutb Minar comprises of five accounts of red and dim sandstone. The least story, otherwise called the storm cellar story, was finished during the lifetime of Ghiyeth al-Din Muhammad, a ruler during the Ghurid line.

It is revetted with twelve half circle and twelve flanged pilasters that are submitted in exchanging request. This story is isolated by spines and by celebrated overhangs, carried on Muqarnas corbels. The story is put on top of a low round plinth that is engraved with a twelve-pointed star with a crescent set with every one of the points between the star’s focuses.

There are likewise six level groups with engravings recorded in naskh, a style of Islamic calligraphy, on this story. The engravings are as per the following: Quran, sura II, refrains 255-60; Quran, sura LIX, stanzas 22-23, and traits of God; The name and titles of Ghiyath al-Din; Quran, sura XLVIII, sections 1-6; The name and titles of Mu’izz al-Din; and Qur’anic citations and the accompanying titles in this much reestablished engraving: “The Amir, the most radiant and incredible administrator of the military.” This level additionally has engravings adulating Muhammad of Ghor, the king of the Ghurids.