Qutb Minar and its monuments

Qutb Minar from the Quwwuatul ul-Islam mosque, Qutb complex.

View of Qutb Minar

Qutb Minar from its gardens.

Qutb minar view

Qutab Minar, Delhi.

Qutb Minar looking up from the base.

Arabic inscriptions above second floor balcony, Qutb Minar.

Upper storeys of Qutb Minar

Top two storeys of Qutb Minar.

Details of top storey of Qutb Minar.

Plaque at Qutub Minar.

Qutb Minar with Alai Darwaza and Imam Zamin tomb in the foreground.

Alai Darwaza (Alai Gate) entance to the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, next to Qutab Minar.

Alai Darwaza - Qutub Minar Complex

East entrance of Alai Darwaza

Interior of Alai Darwaza, which resembles Timber architecture

Floral motives and Arabic calligraphy, Alai Darwaza.

Window at Alai Darwaza.

Plaque outside Alai Darwaza, Qutub Minar complex.

Tomb of Iltutmish.

Inscriptions on the Qibla wall, mausoleum of Iltutmish

Tomb of Iltutmish, Qutb Minar complex, Mehrauli.

Close-up of Imam Zamin's mausoleum, near Qutb Minar

Tomb of Imam Zamin, next of Alai Darwaza.

Plaque for the Tomb of Imam Zamin.

Tomb of Alauddin Khilji, Qutub Minar complex, Delhi.

Alauddin's Madrasa, Qutb complex

Alauddin Madarsa complex, near Qutb Minar

Details of the mosque at Qutb complex, Delhi.

Quwwat al-Islam Mosque with Iron Pillar

Columns of the cloister at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, Qutb complex

North view of Quwwat ul-Islam mosque courtyard, Qutub Minar complex.

Corbelled arched screen, Quwwat ul-Islam mosque, Qutub Minar complex, Delhi.

Qutb Minar, and detailing of pillared cloister of Quwwat ul-Islam mosque.

Qutb minar from Quwwat ul-Islam mosque.

Details of arched screen at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque.

Sanctuary of Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque.

Pillars from older temples used in Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque.

East entrance domed ceiling, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque

Details of interior of the entrance dome, Quwwat ul-Islam mosque.

Sanctuary of the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, Qutub Minar complex

Sanctuary adjoining Quwwat ul-Islam mosque, showing material from Hindu or Jain temple, Qutb Minar complex.

Courts to the east of Quwwat ul-Islam mosque.

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque from the courtyard outside

Iron pillar in the courtyard of Quwwat ul-Islam mosque, Qutb complex.

The Iron pillar in the Qutb Complex

Iron Pillar Delhi.

Sanskrit Brahmi Script, Inscription of the Iron Pillar

Text and Translation of the Iron Pillar Inscription, attributed to Chandragupta II

Qutb complex.

Restoration work near Quwwat ul-Islam mosque, Qutb complex.

Restoration work at the base of Qutb Minar, Delhi

First-level balcony, Qutb Minar.

Balcony of Qutb Minar

Details of the balcony, Qutub Minar

Details of Muqarnas corbel balcony, Qutb Minar.

Decorative motives above the entrance to Qutb Minar.

Carving details, and a vent, Qutb Minar

Details of arched screen at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, Qutub Minar complex

Details of arched screen at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque

Lotus, a typical Hindu temple motive, in red sandstone, Qutb complex.

Column details, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque.

Arches and windows in Qutb Minar complex.

A variant of a mortise-and-tenon joint, used in Qutb Minar.

Details of the stone carving on Qutb Minar.

Details of stone creepers, Quwwat ul-Islam mosque arched screen, Qutb complex.

Stone carving in sandstone, Qutb complex.

Intricate red sandstone carving panel, Qutb Minar complex.

Red sandstone Lattice piercework, Qutb Minar complex.

Bands of inscription, in Thuluth script, around Qutb Minar.

Arabic inscription in sandstone, at Qutb Minar complex.

An inscription in Arabic set in sandstone, Qutb Minar complex

Calligraphy on the walls of a monument in the Qutub minar complex

Calligraphy on the arches of Quwwat ul-Islam mosque, Qtub minar complex.

Inscription near a tomb in Qutb Minar complex.

Calligraphy on the fourth storey, Qutb Minar.

Alai Minar

The incomplete Alai Minar

Another of Metcalfe's follies, close to the Qutb Minar parking lot, Mehrauli

An arched entrance within the Qutub Minar complex.

Carved doorway into the main Qutb Minar complex.

A side structure near the main entrance, in the Qutb complex, Mehrauli.