The architecture of ancient Delhi : especially the buildings around the Kutb Minar (1872)
Cole, Henry Hardy, b. 1843, Arundel Society · London : Published by the Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art · leaf 106
Shams-ud-din Altamsh (then governor of Budaon), whohad been the slave of the slave Kutb-ud-din. The following is the literal translation of Syud Ahmeds account of the building of theMosque. In the year a. d. 1193, when Kutb-ud-din Aibik, the commander-in-chief of Moiz-ud-din Muhammad (son of Sam… … <y£ >> Masjid-i-Kutb-td-Isldm. 71 and pillars, wherever images were carved, he destroyed thern all, but otherwise sparedthe carved stonework and on the gate to the east he affixed the date of the victoryand his name. Afterwards, when he had conquered Ajmir and the Forts of…
Architecture · Kutb Minar (Delhi, India)
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