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Jahaz Mahal (in Urdu Language ‘Jahaz’ means “Ship” and ‘Mahal’ means “Palace”, the “Ship Palace”), is located next to Hauz-i-Shamsi in Mehra...

The Qutab Minar , a tower in Delhi, India, is at 72.5 meters the world's tallest brick minaret. It is situated in the Qutb complex, amid...

A 7 meter (23 foot) high iron pillar stands in the courtyard of the mosque and it’s said that if you can encircle it with your hands whilst ...

The tower has five distinct storeys, each marked by a projecting balcony, and it tapers, like something out of a fairy tale, from a 15 meter...

The first three storeys are made of red sandstone, the fourth and fifth storeys of marble and sandstone. Decorative motives on upper levels ...

The stairs inside the tower coil so steeply that they’re enough to make the hardiest climber dizzy and claustrophobic, and it was no surpris...

The Qutab Minar itself is a soaring 73meter (240foot) high tower of victory that was started in 1193, immediately after the defeat of the la...

Inscriptions in the Kufic style of calligraphy, form regular bands throughout the Qutb Minar

The iron pillar of Delhi, India is a 7 meter (22 feet) high pillar in the Qutb complex which is notable for the composition of the metals us...

The pillar bears a Sanskrit inscription in Brahmi script which states that it was erected as a standard in honour of Lord Vishnu. It also pr...

A fence was erected around the pillar in 1997 in response to damage caused by visitors. There is a popular tradition that it was considered ...

Hallway inside the Qutb complex. Pillars and the ceiling. The most famous monument situated in the complex is the Qutb Minar; other importan...

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

A pavilion inside Qutab complex

A Chattri at the entrance.

The mosque at the entrance to the "Qutab Complex".

East entrance domed ceiling, Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque (Might of Islam) (also known as the Qutb Mosque or the Great Mosq...

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

The mosque is built on a raised and paved courtyard, measuring 141 ft. X 105 ft, surrounded by pillared cloisters added by Iltutmish between...