25 April 2012



Broken Arch (Gateway) of the mosque
Date Taken: 21 Aug 2011
Place: Qutub Minar, Delhi, India

Ala'i-Darwaza, the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque was constructed by Alau'd-Din Khalji in AH 710 (AD 1311) as recorded in the inscriptions engraved on it. This is the first building employing Islamic principles of construction and ornamentation.

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