Editing Qutb Minar complex (section)

== Ala-ud-din Khilji's tomb and madrasa ==
{{Main|Madrasa and tomb of Alauddin Khilji}}
[[File:Alauddin's Madrasa, Qutb complex.jpg|left|thumb|[[Alauddin Khalji]]'s ''[[Madrasa]]'', which also has his tomb to the south, ca 1316 AD]]
At the back of the complex, southwest of the mosque, stands an L-shaped construction, consisting of [[Alauddin Khilji]]'s tomb dating ca 1316 AD, and a ''[[madrasa]]'', an [[Islamic seminary]] built by him. Khalji was the second [[Sultan of Delhi]] from [[Khalji dynasty]], who ruled from 1296 to 1316 AD.<ref>QutubMinarDelhi.com. [http://qutubminardelhi.com/ala-ud-dins-madrasa-and-tomb/ "Ala-ud-din's Madrasa and Tomb"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725155557/http://qutubminardelhi.com/ala-ud-dins-madrasa-and-tomb/ |date=25 July 2015}}. Retrieved 5 August 2015.</ref>

The central room of the building, which has his tomb, has now lost its dome, though many rooms of the seminary or college are intact, and since been restored. There were two small chambers connected to the tomb by passages on either side. Fergusson in his book suggested the existence, to the west of the tomb, of seven rooms, two of which had domes and windows. The remains of the tomb building suggest that there was an open courtyard on the south and west sides of the tomb building, and that one room in the north served as an entrance.

It was the first example in India, of a tomb standing alongside a ''madrasa''.<ref name=her /> Nearby stands the Alai Minar, an ambitious tower, he started constructing to rival the [[Qutb Minar]], though he died when only its first storey was built and its construction abandoned thereafter. It now stands, north of the mosque.

The tomb is in a very dilapidated condition. It is believed that Ala-ud-din's body was brought to the complex from Siri and buried in front of the mosque, which formed part of the madrasa adjoining the tomb. [[Firoz Shah Tughluq]], who undertook repairs of the tomb complex, mentioned a mosque within the madrasa.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JaJfPgAACAAJ Bhalla, A.S. Royal Tombs of India: 13th to 18th Century]</ref>