Detail from the screen (jali) of the Alai Darwaza at the Qutb Minar Complex in Delhi, India.

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Detail from the Alai Darwaza at the Qutb Minar Complex in Delhi, India. It is the first building in India to use entirely Islamic architectural principles of symmetry and ornamentation. This is known as the Sultan's gateway and is located to the south of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque and was added in the lifetime of Alauddin Khalji (d. 1315).

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Size: 3413px × 5120px
Location: Qutb Minar, Delhi, India
Photo credit: © Stuart Forster India / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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