Editing Qutb Minar complex (section)

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{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| WHS         = Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
| Image       = Qutb minar ruins.jpg
| Caption     = Qutub Minar
| Location    = [[Mehrauli]], India
| Criteria    = Cultural: v 
| ID          = 233
| Year        = 1993
| locmapin    = India New Delhi#India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.524382|N|77.185430|E|region:IN-DL_type:landmark_scale:50|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
}}
The '''Qutb Minar complex''' are monuments and buildings from the [[Delhi Sultanate]] at [[Mehrauli]] in [[Delhi]], India.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of architecture and ancient building materials in India |last=Chandra |first=Satish |year=2003 |publisher=Tech Books International |isbn=8188305030 |page=107}}.</ref> Construction of the [[Qutub Minar]] "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja [[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki]], was begun by [[Qutb-ud-din Aibak]], who later became the first [[Sultan of Delhi]] of the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)|Mamluk dynasty (Gulam Vansh)]]. It was continued by his successor [[Iltutmish]] (a.k.a. [[Altamash]]), and finally completed much later by [[Firoz Shah Tughlaq]], a [[Sultan of Delhi]] from the [[Tughlaq dynasty|Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1412)]] in 1368 AD. The Qubbat-ul-Islam Mosque (Dome of Islam), later corrupted into Quwwat-ul Islam,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Patel|first=A|title=Toward Alternative Receptions of Ghurid Architecture in North India (Late Twelfth-Early Thirteenth Century CE)|journal=Archives of Asian Art|year=2004|volume=54|page=59|doi=10.1484/aaa.2004.0004}}</ref> stands next to the Qutb Minar.<ref name=her>{{cite book |last=Javeed |first=Tabassum |title=World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India |publisher=Algora Publishing |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iFILG_V4hOMC&q=Qutub+Minar+Jain+temples&pg=RA1-PA107 |isbn=978-0-87586-482-2 |access-date=26 May 2009}}</ref><ref name=gov /><ref name="World Heritage Monuments" /><ref name="Jami Masjid p. 13">Epigraphia Indo Moslemica, 1911–12, p. 13.</ref>

Many subsequent rulers, including the [[Firoz Shah Tughlaq|Tughlaqs]], [[Ala ud din Khalji|Alauddin Khalji]] and the [[British Raj|British]] added structures to the complex.<ref>Page, J. A. (1926) "An Historical Memoir on the Qutb, Delhi" ''Memoirs of the Archaeological Society of India'' 22: [http://worldcat.org/oclc/5433409 OCLC 5433409]; republished (1970) Lakshmi Book Store, New Delhi, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/202340 OCLC 202340]</ref> Apart from the [[Qutb Minar]] and the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, other structures in the complex include the [[Alai Darwaza]] gate, the Alai Minar and the [[Iron pillar of Delhi|Iron pillar]].
Inside the complex lie the tombs of [[Iltutmish]], [[Alauddin Khalji]] and Imam Zamin.<ref name=gov>[http://india.gov.in/knowindia/culture_heritage.php?id=59 Qutub Minar]; [http://india.gov.in/knowindia/qutub_minar.php Qutub Minar] Government of India website.</ref>

Today, the adjoining area spread over with a host of old monuments, including [[Balban's tomb]], has been developed by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) as the [[Mehrauli Archaeological Park]], and [[INTACH]] has restored some 40 monuments in the Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover new treasures around Qutab  |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/28/stories/2006032801530200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810081618/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/28/stories/2006032801530200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 August 2007 |date=28 March 2006 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 August 2009}}.</ref> It is also the venue of the annual '[[Qutub Festival]]', held in November–December, where artists, musicians and dancers perform over three days.<ref>{{cite web |title= Another wonder revealed: Qutub Minar draws most tourists, Taj a distant second|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Another-wonder-revealed:-Qutub-Minar--draws-most-tourists,-Taj-a-distant-second/206763/ |date= 25 July 2007|work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref>