Alai Minar 1311 AD Delhi Located in the Qutub complex. Built by Alaudin Khalji to celebrate his conquest of the Deccan, it was intended to be twice the height of the Qutub Minar. However, it was never completed. Photograph © Medha Malik Kudaisya -- may be used without prior permission for any educational or scholarly purpose.

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Spear, T.G.P. (updated and annotated by Narayani Gupta and Laura Sykes). Delhi, Its Monuments And History. New Delhi, 1994.