Delhi - The Alai Darwaza Gateway - The Qutb complex
Delhi - The Alai Darwaza, the main gateway from southern side of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. Built by the second Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1311 AD, who also added a court to the pillared to the eastern side. The domed gateway is decorated with red sandstone and inlaid white marble decorations, inscriptions in Naskh script - part of the Qutb Complex
Picture No
11113032
Media ID
46697702
Size
5351px x 3400px
(4.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed Austrian postcard
Date
circa 1910s
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