Please Post Information on Quwwat-ul-Islam??

Question

Could anyone please post information on Quwwat-ul-Islam, which is a mosque which was constructed during the Mughal Period.
Please do help, any help would be greatly appreciated, post anything that you find would help.

Answer 1

Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque (Might of Islam) (also known as the Qutb Mosque or the Great Mosque of Delhi) was built by Qutb-ud-din Aybak, founder of the Mamluk or Slave dynasty. The mosque construction started in the 1190s when Aibak was the commander of Muhammad Ghori's garrison occupied Delhi. The mosque is said to be built by the parts taken by destruction of twenty-seven Hindu and Jain temples. It was the first mosque built in Delhi after the Islamic conquest of India and the best surviving example of Ghurid's architecture.

Expansion of the mosque continued after the death of Qutub. His successor Iltutmish extended the original prayer hall screen by three more arches. By the time of Iltutmish, the Mamluk empire had stablized enough that the Sultan could replace most of his conscripted Hindu masons with Muslims. This explains why the arches added under Iltutmish are stylistically more Islamic than the ones erected under Qutb's rule.

The mosque is in ruins today but indigenous corbelled arches, floral motifs, and geometric patterns can be seen among the Islamic architectural structures.

To the west of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque is the tomb of Iltutmish which was built by the monarch in 1235. The construction of this mausoleum clearly represented a departure from the Hindu custom of cremating the dead.

Answer 2

Firstly be corrected that it was not built by the Moghals.

It was constructed by the muslim rulers before the advent of the Moghals empire.

It was consructed for not offering the namaz as it is not allowed by Islam to perform namaz on any mosque which is constructed on a disputed site.

That is why in this mosque namaz is not performed.

The name itself suggests that it was constucted to show the power of Islam. [Quwwat-ul-Islam], like many non-muslim rulers had done in the past.

Answer 3

http://www.indiasite.com/delhi/places/quwwat-ul-islammasjid.html

http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/delhi/quwwatindex.htm

http://www.ar.utexas.edu/AV/ARC318L/classwrk/Lect16/quwwat.html

http://www.watsonwalker.com/travel/India/Nov%209%20-%20Delhi/slides/94-Quwwat-ul-Islam%20Mosque.html

http://www.grandpoohbah.net/Grandpoohbah/images/India2005/delhi/slides/Quwwat-ul-islam%20Mosque.html

http://www.temid.com/photos/qutab-minar/IMG_3807