who built Qutub Minar?

Answer 1

Qutub Minar was not built by one person actually three rulers viz Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi,His successor, Iltutmish and Firuz Shah Tughluq, built it.

Qutub Minar (Urdu: قطب منار) is the tallest brick minaret in the world, and an important example of Indo-Islamic Architecture. The tower is in the Qutb complex in South Delhi, India. The Qutb Minar and its monuments are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Qutub Minar is 72.5 metres high (237.8 ft) and requires 399 steps to get to the top, although it has not been possible for visitors to ascend the tower for some years, due to safety reasons. The diameter of the base is 14.3 metres wide while the top floor measures 3.8 metres in diameter. (As a comparison, the 111m Saturn V rockets used during the Apollo moon landings stood one-and-a-half times taller).

Inspired by the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan and wishing to surpass it, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced construction of the Qutub Minar in 1193; but could only complete its basement. His successor, Iltutmish, added three more storeys and, in 1368, Firuz Shah Tughluq constructed the fifth and the last storey. The development of architectural styles from Aybak to Tughluq are quite evident in the minaret. Like earlier towers erected by the Ghaznavids and Ghurids in today's Afghanistan, the Qutub Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts, separated by balconies carried on Muqarnas corbels. The minaret is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an, and is built on the ruins of Lal Kot, the Red Citadel in the city of Dhillika.

Answer 2

Qutbudddin Aiibak ,Iltutmish and Firoz Shan Tughlaq built Qutub Minar.

Answer 3

Qutub Minar was built by Anangpal Tanwar.

Answer 4

Qutub Minar

Historical Construction Of A Landmark In 1199, Qutub-ud-Din raised the Qutub Minar either as a victory tower or as a minaret to the adjacent mosque. From a base of 14.32m it tapers to 2.75m at a height of 72.5m and a valid reason why it took two decades to complete this monument. Its a red sandstone tower covered with beautiful and striking carvings and is inscribed with verses from the holy Quran. Qutub Minar is still the highest stone tower in India as well as one of the finest Islamic structures ever raised and Delhi's recognised landmark. The sultan's successor and son-in-law, Iltutmish, completed it. In 1303, Ala-ud-Din established the second city of Delhi, called Siri, of which nothing remains but the embattlements. He also had dug a vast reservoir, Hauz Khas, to supply water to his city. Contemporary historians describe the Delhi of that time as being the "envy of Baghdad, the rival of Cairo and equal to Constantinople". For the sake of convenience, tourists visiting the Qutub Complex could also see the Tomb of Adham Khan and Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli and the Tomb of Jamali-Kamali behind the Qutub Minar. These however, belong to a later date. The Damage & Restoration From the Nagari and Persian inscriptions on the minar, it appears that it was damaged twice by lightning, in 1326 and 1368.

Answer 5

Qutb Minar

Answer 6

Kutub Minar

Answer 7

Historians are devided over
this issue.

Noted Historians like Romila
Thapar, K Chowdhury and the
Archeological Survey of India
have different view points. However,
it is accepted that Iltutmish had
built this Minerette around 1100 AD.
Iltutmish or often referred as Altamash
in Hindi, was the Slave Dynasty Musilm
ruler of Dehli or reffered as DEHALEE.
Stories of Kutubuddin Iybak got added
to it since, he wanted to have another taller
tower to be built by him near the same
tower and failed miserably.
Some work carried out there at the
same site can be seen even now
and one can enter there to get a feel
of how Qutab Minar must have been
built.

It was a seven stroy miner. Two stories
fell in the ground in the past.
There was a Crown on the top
of the seventh story. Remanants
of which can be seen there. A Tourist
guide will tell you the story and take
you to all the exact locations at the
complex.

Answer 8

Qutb-ud-din Aybak (the first Muslim ruler of Delhi also known as Qutb-u'd-Din Aibak) started building it in 1193-1199, but only completed the basement. Then his successor Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish, or Altamash (third Sultan of Delhi added 3 more stories.) Finally, in 1368 the ruler Firuz Shah Tughlaq (also known as Firoz Shah Tughluq) completed it by adding the last storey.
Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world (according to Wikipedia) and the tallest tower in India..
"The minar was said to have been built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori, the invader from Afghanistan, over the Rajputs in 1192." All the storeys are surrounded by a projected balcony encircling the Minar and supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with honeycomb design, more conspicuously in the first storey."

Answer 9

Inspired by the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan and wishing to surpass it, Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced construction of the Qutub Minar in 1193; but could only complete its basement. His successor, Iltutmish, added three more storeys and, in 1368, Firuz Shah Tughluq constructed the fifth and the last storey. The development of architectural styles from Aybak to Tughluq are quite evident in the minaret. Like earlier towers erected by the Ghaznavids and Ghurids in today's Afghanistan, the Qutub Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts, separated by balconies carried on Muqarnas corbels. The minaret is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an, and is built on the ruins of Lal Kot, the Red Citadel in the city of Dhillika.

Answer 10

I'd say no. The tower was supposedly built by Anang Pal ( Tomar/ Tanwar) dynasty in 1052. His name is on it The Moghuls didn't come into things until 1500's, I think. I'm just talking about the tower, not the whole site. This is quick guesswork from wikipedia sites.