High Middle Ages · South Asia · Culture
1192
Qutb Minar begun at Delhi
1192
Qutb al-Din Aibak, recently installed as governor of Delhi by Muhammad of Ghor, ordered construction of a victory tower of red sandstone beside the ruins of a Hindu temple his troops had demolished. At over two hundred feet, it would be the tallest minaret in the Islamic world when completed.
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