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Qutb Minar complex

The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at in , India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli, Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Kootub”, “Kutb”, “Kutub”, “Qutb complex”, “Qutub”, and “Qutub Minar Complex”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qutb Minar and Iron pillar of Delhi.

Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in , South Delhi, .

Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at in , .

Monument
Photo: Alimallick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ala'i Darwaza is the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Qutb complex, , , India. Built on the remains of a destroyed Hindu temple by Sultan Alauddin Khalji in 1311 and made of red sandstone, it is a square domed gatehouse with arched entrances and houses a single chamber.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , , India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.

Suburb
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is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of in . The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B. is situated 2½ km east of Qutb Minar complex.

Suburb
is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between and , its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from , after the Partition of India. is situated 3 km east of Qutb Minar complex.

Qutb Minar complex

Latitude
28.52478° or 28° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
77.18589° or 77° 11′ 9″ east
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
7JWVG5FP+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 818709474
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1259089
Wiki­data ID
Q1074330
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Qutb Minar complex” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مجمع قطب منار”
  • Arabic: “مجمع منارة قطب الدين”
  • Assamese: “কুতুব মিনাৰ আৰু সংলগ্ন স্মাৰকসমূহ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qütb Minar kompleksi”
  • Bengali: “কুতুব মিনার ও স্থাপনাসমূহ”
  • Burmese: “ကူတွတ်မင်နာ အဆောက်အဦးအစုအဝေး”
  • Catalan: “complex Qutb”
  • Catalan: “Complex Qutb”
  • Cebuano: “Qutb Minar”
  • Chinese: “顾特卜塔古建筑群”
  • Chinese: “顧特卜塔古建築羣”
  • Chinese: “顧特卜塔古建築群”
  • Croatian: “Kompleks Kutab minareta”
  • Dutch: “Qutb Minar en monumenten, Delhi”
  • German: “Qutb-Komplex”
  • Hebrew: “מתחם קוטאב”
  • Hebrew: “מתחם קוטוב”
  • Hindi: “कुतुब परिसर”
  • Hindi: “कुतुब मीनार परिसर”
  • Hungarian: “Kutub épületegyüttes”
  • Indonesian: “Kompleks Qutb”
  • Italian: “Complesso di Qutb”
  • Italian: “Qutb”
  • Japanese: “クトゥブ・ミナールと周辺遺跡群”
  • Maithili: “कुतुब परिसर”
  • Malay: “Kompleks Qutb Minar”
  • Malayalam: “കുത്തബ് കോംപ്ലക്സ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qutb-komplekset”
  • Norwegian: “Qutb-komplekset”
  • Oriya: “କୁତୁବ ମିନାର ଓ ସ୍ଥାପନାସମୂହ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਤਬ ਇਮਾਰਤ ਸਮੂਹ”
  • Polish: “kompleks Kutb”
  • Portuguese: “Complexo de Qutb Minar”
  • Portuguese: “Complexo de Qutb”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Quwwat-ul-Islam”
  • Russian: “Комплекс Кутуб Минар”
  • Serbian: “Кутуб минарет”
  • Slovenian: “Kompleks Qutub”
  • Spanish: “Complejo de Qutb”
  • Tamil: “குதுப் மினார் வளாகம்”
  • Tamil: “குதுப் மினார்”
  • Telugu: “క్కుతుబ్ కాంప్లెక్స్”
  • Thai: “หมู่โบราณสถานกุตุบ”
  • Turkish: “Kutub Minar ve Anıtları”
  • Ukrainian: “Комплекс Кутб Мінар”
  • Urdu: “قطب کمپلیکس”
  • Urdu: “قطب مینار کمپلیکس”
  • Vietnamese: “Qutb Minar và các công trình lân cận”

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