Qutb Minar

Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi Indo-Islamic architecture; Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque complex

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 29, 2026. Next scan Oct 29, 2026.

“Kootub”

Colonial caption spelling used on Beato’s 1858 prints. Not an inscription on the tower.

Photograph

Stored photograph. The earliest frame in this record is 1858.

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Robert and Harriet Tytler photographed a general view of the Qutb Minar in 1858. This is the earliest photograph of the Delhi monument stored here.

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1858 Robert and Harriet Tytler, 1858. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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Minaret Unknown or insufficient evidence · Medium confidence No measured plan is stored. The feature is named from the secondary account and the historic photographs, not from a drawing.