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Qutub Minar

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Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar
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The Qutub Minar, also spelled as Qutab Minar, or Qutb Minar, is the second tallest minaret in the world made up of bricks. The minaret forms a part of the Qutab complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India. Qutub Minar is a 73-metre tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metres base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres at the top of the peak. It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps. Its design is thought to have been based on the Minaret of Jam, in western Afghanistan. Qutab-Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Shamsuddin Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more. Sher Shah Suri also added an entrance to this tower while he was ruling and Humayun was in exile.The Minar is surrounded by several historically significant monuments of the Qutab complex, including Quwat-ul-Islam Mosque, which was built at the same time as the Minar, and the much older Iron Pillar of Delhi. The nearby pillared Cupola known as Smith's Folly is a remnant of the tower's 19th century restoration, which included an ill-advised attempt to add some more stories.
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