Alai Darwaza
Qutub Minar and surrounding ruins
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Location | India 
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| Coordinates | 28°31′28″N 77°11′08″E / 28.524382°N 77.185430°ECoordinates: 28°31′28″N 77°11′08″E / 28.524382°N 77.185430°E |
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Iron pillar of Delhi Qutb Minar
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| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 233 |
| Inscription | 1993 (17th Session) |
 Location of Qutb complex
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The Qutb complex (Hindi: कुत्ब , Urdu: قطب), also spelled Qutab (Hindi: क़ुतब, Urdu: قطب) or Qutub (Hindi: क़ुतुब, Urdu: قطب), is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. The best-known structure in the complex is the Qutb Minar, built to honor the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Its foundation was laid by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. The Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (a.k.a. Altamash), and much later by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a Sultan of Delhi from the Tughlaq dynasty in 1368 AD. The Qubbat-ul-Islam Mosque (Dome of Islam), later corrupted into Quwwat-ul Islam, stands next to the Qutb Minar. It was built on the ruins of Lal Kot Fort (built by Anangpal, the Tomara ruler, in 739 CE) and Qila-Rai-Pithora (the Chauhan emperor Prithviraj Chauhan's city), whom Ghori's Afghan armies had earlier defeated and killed in the Second Battle of Tarain.
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