The Qutb Minar tower and Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque ruins, Delhi

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Qutb Minar

Q: Où se trouve Qutb Minar ?

Qutb Minar est situé à/en Inde.

Q: De quand date Qutb Minar ?

Qutb Minar remonte approximativement à 1192 ap. J.-C.–1316 ap. J.-C..

Seyfi Cem Baskin

क़ुतुब मीनार1192 apr. J.-C. – 1316 apr. J.-C.

The 72-metre tapering victory tower and mosque complex at Mehrauli, Delhi — begun by Qutb al-Din Aibak after 1192 — marking the arrival of Indo-Islamic architecture in northern India and among the most visited ASI monuments in the country.

Medieval High Medieval Islamic / Medieval Delhi Sultanate

Intérêt 77

Localisation

Inde

28.52°N · 77.19°E · Asie

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Minar height

~72.5 m; five storeys of sandstone and marble

Begun

1192 CE after Tarain; mosque by Qutb al-Din Aibak

Iron Pillar

Gupta-era pillar (~402 CE) with Sanskrit inscription

UNESCO

Qutb Minar and its Monuments (1993)

Graphite pencil sketch banner of Qutb Minar

“The Qutb Minar is the earliest major Indo-Islamic monument in India — the physical beginning of Sultanate and Mughal Delhi.”

Localisation

Aperçu

The Qutb Minar complex occupies Mehrauli in south Delhi, the site of Lal Kot, an earlier Hindu and Jain city. After Muhammad of Ghor's victory at Tarain (1192), his general Qutb al-Din Aibak established Delhi Sultanate power and began the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque (1192–1193) using spolia from demolished temples — visible in carved columns in the courtyard. The minar itself was started by Aibak and completed by Iltutmish and later rulers; the five-storey red sandstone and marble tower rises about 72.5 metres with projecting balconies.

The complex includes the Alai Darwaza gate (1311), Alai Minar (unfinished), the Iron Pillar of Chandragupta II (Gupta, 4th century CE, moved here), and tombs of Iltutmish and Imam Zamin. Earthquakes and lightning damaged upper storeys; Firoz Shah Tughlaq and the British restored sections in the 14th and 19th centuries.

UNESCO listed the Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi in 1993 alongside Humayun's Tomb. The tower is the defining silhouette of early Sultanate Delhi and a mandatory stop on India's Golden Triangle route.

Pourquoi c'est important

The Qutb Minar is the earliest major Indo-Islamic monument in India — the physical beginning of Sultanate and Mughal Delhi. Its reuse of temple spolia documents both destruction and creative adaptation at the moment of political transition in the Ganges plain.

Preuves et interprétation

Distinguer ce qui est bien établi de ce qui reste débattu.

Faits bien établis

Inscriptions name Qutb al-Din Aibak, Iltutmish, and later sultans as builders and restorers of the minar and mosque.
Architectural analysis confirms reused Hindu–Jain carved columns in the mosque courtyard and Sultanate arcuate forms.

Interprétations débattues

Whether the minar was primarily a victory tower, call to prayer, or solar observatory remains discussed in art-historical literature.

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Comment citer cette page

Atlas Anatolia. (1192). Qutb Minar. Atlas Anatolia. https://atlasanatolia.com/fr/site/qutb-minar

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Sources

Architecture of Mughal India — Asher, Catherine B. (1992)
UNESCO — Qutb MinarLien

Questions fréquentes

Où se trouve Qutb Minar ?

Qutb Minar est situé à/en India.

De quand date Qutb Minar ?

Qutb Minar remonte approximativement à 1192 apr. J.-C. – 1316 apr. J.-C..

Quelles civilisations sont associées à Qutb Minar ?

Qutb Minar est associé à la civilisation Islamic / Medieval, Delhi Sultanate.

Pourquoi Qutb Minar est-il important ?

The Qutb Minar is the earliest major Indo-Islamic monument in India — the physical beginning of Sultanate and Mughal Delhi.

Qutb Minar est-il inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO ?

Oui — Qutb Minar est inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

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