Exterior view of a brick built tower, or minaret, it was conceived by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and is one of the earliest examples of Islamic design in India. The minaret lies amongst the ruins of Hindu Temples which supplied the building materials for the Qutub complex. The Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid (mosque) sits beneath the Qutub Minar. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78774
- Date published
- circa 1900/1929
- Dates
- circa 1900/1929
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 21.8 x 27.5 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Asia Delhi territory Delhi Delhi metropolitan area India towers: Qutb Minar
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75646395-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9dd516036c4c8f36e1f52ab2b7797672
