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  1. 1. ↑ASI report 1871

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  2. 2. ↑Chandra, Satish (2003). _History of architecture and ancient building materials in India_. Tech Books International. p.107. ISBN8188305030..

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  3. 3. ↑Patel, A (2004). "Toward Alternative Receptions of Ghurid Architecture in North India (Late Twelfth-Early Thirteenth Century CE)". _Archives of Asian Art_. **54**: 59. doi:10.1484/aaa.2004.0004.

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  4. 4. 1Javeed, Tabassum (2008). _World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India_. Algora Publishing. ISBN978-0-87586-482-2. Retrieved 26 May 2009.

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  5. 5. 1Qutub Minar; Qutub Minar Government of India website.

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  6. 6. 1Ali Javid; ʻAlī Jāvīd; Tabassum Javed (2008). _World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India_. Algora. pp.14, 263. ISBN9780875864846. Retrieved 26 May 2009.

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  7. 7. 1Epigraphia Indo Moslemica, 1911–12, p. 13.

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  8. 8. ↑"Qutub Minar". _Incredible India_. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

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  9. 9. ↑Page, J. A. (1926) "An Historical Memoir on the Qutb, Delhi" _Memoirs of the Archaeological Society of India_ 22: OCLC 5433409; republished (1970) Lakshmi Book Store, New Delhi, OCLC 202340

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  10. 10. ↑"Discover new treasures around Qutab". _The Hindu_. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009..

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  11. 11. ↑"Another wonder revealed: Qutub Minar draws most tourists, Taj a distant second". _The Indian Express_. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.

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  12. 12. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "" 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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  13. 13. 1Blair, Sheila; Bloom, Jonathan; Ettinghausen, Richard (1994). _The art and architecture of Islam 1250-1800_. Yale University Press. p.151. ISBN978-0-300-05888-8.

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  14. 14. ↑World Heritage Sites – Humayun's Tomb: Characteristics of Indo-Islamic architectureArchaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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  15. 15. ↑"World's tallest buildings, monuments and other structures". CBS News. 11 May 2011.

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  16. 16. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "Qutub Minar" 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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  17. 17. ↑"The Kutub Qutb Minar & great arch, Delhi". Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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  18. 18. ↑"Rao Petarah's Temple, Delhi". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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  19. 19. ↑Nath, R. (1978). _History of Sultanate architecture_. Abhinav Publications. p.22.

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  20. 20. ↑Schimmel, Annemarie (1982). _Islam in India and Pakistan_. BRILL. p.4. ISBN90-04-06479-6.

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  21. 21. ↑Batra, N. L. (1996). _Heritage conservation: preservation and restoration of monuments_. Aryan Books International. p.176. ISBN81-7305-108-9.

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  22. 22. 1_Delhi city guide_, by Eicher Goodearth Limited, Delhi Tourism. Published by Eicher Goodearth Limited, 1998. ISBN81-900601-2-0. _Page 181-182_.

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  23. 23. ↑Plaque at Qutub Minar

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  24. 24. ↑Schimmel, Annemarie; Burzine K. Waghmar (2004). _The empire of the great Mughals_. Reaktion Books. p.267. ISBN1-86189-185-7. Qutub Minar.

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  25. 25. 1"When Delhi shook, Qutub stood still". _The Indian Express_. 15 October 2005. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

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  26. 26. ↑"EU maps faultlines to save Qutab". _The Indian Express_. 14 December 2004. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

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  27. 27. ↑"No decision on re-opening Qutub Minar for public: Government". _The Times of India_. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2009.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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  28. 28. ↑_Southern Central Asia_, A.H. Dani, **History of Civilizations of Central Asia**, Vol.4, Part 2, Ed. Clifford Edmund Bosworth, M.S.Asimov, (Motilal Banarsidass, 2000), 568.

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  29. 29. ↑Brown, Percy (1940). _Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period)_. Read Books. p.39. ISBN978-1-4474-9482-9.

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  30. 30. 1_Qutab Minar & Adjoining Monuments_. Archaeological Survey of India. 2002. p.34. ISBN9788187780076.

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  31. 31. 1Sharif, Mian Mohammad (1963). _A History of Muslim Philosophy: With Short Accounts of Other Disciplines and the Modern Renaissance in Muslim Lands_. Harrassowitz. p.1098.

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  32. 32. ↑William Pickthall, Marmaduke; Muhammad Asad (1975). _Islamic culture, Volume 49_. Islamic Culture Board. p.50.

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  33. 33. ↑Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra Mosque 14 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine archnet.org.

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  34. 34. ↑Maulana Hakim Saiyid Abdul Hai "Hindustan Islami Ahad Mein" (Hindustan under Islamic rule), Eng Trans by Maulana Abdul Hasan Nadwi

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  35. 35. ↑Index_1200-1299: Qutb ud-Din Aibak and the Qubbat ul-Islam mosqueColumbia University

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  36. 36. ↑Vikramjit Singh Rooprai (14 November 2012). "Untold story of the Qutub Minar". Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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  37. 37. ↑Rizvi. _Tughlaq Kalin Bharat_. Vol.I. p.175.

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  38. 38. ↑Desai, Ziyaud-Din (2003). _Mosques of India_ (5th ed.). New Delhi: The Director of Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. pp.20–21. ISBN81-230-1001-X.

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  39. 39. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque" 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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  40. 40. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "Iron Pillar of Delhi" 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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  41. 41. ↑"Iron pillar at Qutub Minar weighs 6,511 kg: study". _The Hindu_. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

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  42. 42. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "Ala-ud-din's Madrasa and Tomb" 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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  43. 43. ↑Bhalla, A.S. Royal Tombs of India: 13th to 18th Century

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  44. 44. ↑QutubMinarDelhi.com. "Alai Minar" 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 5 August 2018.

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  45. 45. ↑File:Plaque for Alai Minar, Qutub Minar complex.jpg

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  46. * _The World heritage complex of the Qutub_, by R. Balasubramaniam. Aryan Books International, 2005. ISBN81-7305-293-X.

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