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ID: 700002953
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002953
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex (mosque complex; unknown architect, built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Del...; late 12th-early 13th centuries...; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;)
Note: Located in: Delhi, India
Titles:
Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Qutb Complex (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Qutb Complex, Qutb Minar (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Qtub Group of Monuments (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Qutab Minar Complex (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: group
Work Types:
mosque complex [300451438] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, religious complexes)
ruins [300008057]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: late 12th-early 13th centuries

Creator Display:
unknown architect, built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Delhi (Turkish general and sultan, 1150-1210); Shams Al-din Iltutmish; ‘ala Al-din Khalji [preferred,VP]
Qutb Al-din Aibak; Shams Al-din Iltutmish; ‘ala Al-din Khalji [,BWR]
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
patron Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Delhi (Turkish general and sultan, 1150-1210) [500356874]
Shams al-Dīn Iltutmish (Turkish sultan, died 1236) [500356875]
ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Khaljī (Turkish sultan of the Delhi Sultanate of India, died 1316) [500356882]
Locations:
Current: Delhi [7001535] (Geographic)
Display Materials: ferruginous sandstone and marble
ferruginous sandstone [300011398]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition>)
marble (rock) [300011443]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: undetermined
Cultures:
Islamic Indian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Ghurid [300021554] (preferred,period)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, <Islamic World dynastic styles and periods>, <Iranian Islamic styles and periods before the Seljuks>)
Khalji [300021599] (period)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style), Islamic Indian, Delhi Sultanate)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)
religion and mythology (purpose)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3750416; BWR3750433
Qutb Complex........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Pande, Qutb Minar and its Monuments (2006) 1
........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 11 March 2015
Qutb Complex, Qutb Minar........ [VP]
........ BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3750440; accessed 11 March 2015
Qtub Group of Monuments........ [VP]
........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 11 March 2015
Qutab Minar Complex........ [VP]
........ Sajnani, Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India (2001) 70
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP,BWR]
....................... BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3750440; accessed 11 March 2015
....................... UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 11 March 2015
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3750416; BWR3750433
....................... BWR-09 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3750416; 3750433
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 20881; 20880
....................... ARTstor: Denny (2010-) MA67
....................... ARTstor: BlairBloom2 (2010-) BB-2426
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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