High Middle Ages · South Asia · Culture
1206
Qutb Minar construction begins in Delhi
1206
Qutb-ud-din Aibak ordered the building of a red sandstone victory tower next to the new Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, itself built on the rubble of Hindu and Jain temples. At seventy-three meters when finally completed, the minaret would loom over Delhi as a monument to conquest. Its five tapered stories, each carved in different geometric patterns, remain the tallest brick minaret in the world.
In context
Also in 1206 (2 other events on record)
- Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan at the Onon · Central Asia · Politics
- Muhammad of Ghor assassinated on the Indus · South Asia · Politics
Before and after in South Asia
Before and after in Culture
- Before: 1204: Maimonides dies in Fustat
- After: 1207: Rumi born in Balkh
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.