Qutub Minar in Delhi Mehrauli

Qutub Minar was built over the ruins of the Lal Kot, a citadel of Dhillika ancient Delhi. The construction of its first storey began in the year 1199 by a deputy Qutb-ud-din-Aibak, who also founded the Delhi Sultanate an Islamic empire based in Delhi at the time, and also became its first ruler.