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Qutub Minar and Alai Darwaza. His imperfect dome is the first to be built in India, by a Persian architect who had to teach this new technique.Ala'i Darwaza (Gate of Alauddin) is the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Qutb complex, Mehrauli, Delhi, India. Built by Sultan Alauddin Khalji in 1311 and made of red sandstone, it is a square domed gatehouse with arched entrances and houses a single chamber. Quwwat Ul Islam Mosque, Alai Darwaza, Islam Mosque, Qutub Minar, Red Sandstone, Medieval Architecture, Famous Architecture, Delhi India, 14th Century

Qutub Minar and Alai Darwaza. His imperfect dome is the first to be built in India, by a Persian architect who had to teach this new technique.Ala'i Darwaza (Gate of Alauddin) is the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Qutb complex, Mehrauli, Delhi, India. Built by Sultan Alauddin Khalji in 1311 and made of red sandstone, it is a square domed gatehouse with arched entrances and houses a single chamber.

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The arches of the Quwwat Ul-Islam mosque must rank among India's most pronounced Hindu-Islamic artistic syntheses. Here, the form of the structure is Islamic, as are the various decorative motifs such as the calligraphic carvings and the renderings of  plant life. But the actual artisans who built the screen were almost certainly Hindus who would have used methods familiar to them from working on temples. Mehrauli. Delhi Qutb Minar, Islam Mosque, Delhi Sultanate, Hindu Temples, Indian Subcontinent, Amazing India, Mughal Empire, Hindu Dharma, Architecture History

A highly decorated prayer niche. Part of the large mosque next to the Qutb Minar in Mehrauli. This part of the complex dates from the early 13th century, and was constructed by Iltutmish, the second ruler of the Mamluk, or Slave, dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. This panel displays a variety of different decorative motifs, including two varieties of Arabic calligraphy. The carvings on the row furthest to the right are in an early Arabic script called Kufic, which seems to have developed in…

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