Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque

Qutb complex

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Delhi, India
Coordinates	28°31′28″N 77°11′08″E / 28.524382°N 77.18543°E / 28.524382; 77.18543
Includes	Iron pillar of Delhi Qutb Minar
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)
Reference	233
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)
Location of Qutb complex
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The Qutb complex , also spelled Qutab complex or Qutub complex , is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. The best-known structure in the complex is the Qutub 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 Tomar 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.

The complex was added to by many subsequent rulers, including the Tughlaqs, Ala ud din Khalji and the British. Apart from the Qutb Minar and the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, other structures in the complex include the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, the ruins of several earlier Jain temples, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khalji and Imam Zamin.