features of Alai Minar
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Plan of Qutub Complex
Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world and an important example of Indo- Islamic architecture. The tower is in the Qutub complex in south Delhi, India. Qutub complex also includes a group of monuments : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, the Tomb of Iltutmish, the Alai Minar, Alai Darwaza, the Madrasa or school. Qutub-ud-din Aibak built Quwwat ul Islam Mosque, to the north-east of Minar in AD 1198. The Tomb of Iltutmish (AD 1211-36) built in AD 1235. Ala-ud-din Khiji constructed Alai Darwaza, the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in AD 1311.
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Ala-ud-din Khiji built a madrasa the south-west of Qutub Minar to impart religious education to the children. He also commenced the construction of the Alai Minar with the intention of making it twice the size of earlier Minar. It is the north of Qutub Minar.
Qutub Minar
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The construction of Qutub Minar was commissioned by Qutub-ud-Din Aibak), the founder of the Delhi Sultanate in 1193 AD. Aibak’s successor Shams-ud- din Iltutmish added three more storeys to complete the tower.