The qutub Minar is situated Delhi. The Qutub Minar Hindi: à ¤â¢Ã Â¥Âà ¤¤à ¥Âà ¤¬ à ¤®à ¤¿à ¤¨à ¤¾à ¤°, Urdu: Ãâ֏ Ãâ¦ÃÅÃâ çñââ¬Â¬Ã¢â¬Å½ is a minaret that forms part of the qutub complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India.[1][2] Qutub Minar is a 73-metre 239.5 feet tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metre 47 feet base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres 9 feet at the peak.[3] It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps.[4] Its design is thought to have been based on the Minaret of Jam, in western Afghanistan. qutub Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar`s first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak`s successor and son-in-law Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.[5]
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