Este minarete data de 1199, com os seus 72,5 metros de altura é o monumento mais alto da Índia.
Tem o diâmetro de 15 metros na base e de 3 metros no topo.
The Qutab minar (the minaret of Qutub-ed-Din) date from 1199.
72,5 metres high, it is the highest monument of India.
Its diameter being 15 metres at the base and 3 metres at the top.
An interior staircase leads to the external galleries from where the muezzin called to the prayer.
The monument is decorated with vast strips of Koranic verses.
This minaret has also a symbolic function, it's a tower victory for glorify Islam victory against idolatrous.
At the same time, Youssouf 1st raised in Seville a tower even highest, the Giralda. This both towers, Giralda in the west and Qutb Minar in the east expressed Islam expansion in the world.
No 1º dia da minha estadia na Índia, visita da "Nova Delhi": a Mesquita Qutab Minar.
Visita ao minarete de Qutab Minar, escavada a mão no século XII.
