She was born in 1205 to the house of Shams-us-din Iltutmish, as his only daughter. When Iltutmish had to leave for Gwalior, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau in Delhi, praising the Sufi tradition and Amir ...

However, only the base was completed during his reign. The tower was later completed by his successor, Iltutmish, in 1220, and further additions were made by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century. In ...

Considered by some the most incomparable cultural icon of medieval Islamic India, Khusrau left such a deep imprint on Delhi’s ...

He entered the service of Sultan Iltutmish (1211-36), and married the daughter of an Indian Muslim. The couple’s second child, Abu’l Hasan Yamin ud-Din Khusrau, was born in 1253. Continue ...

His successor, Iltutmish, carried forward the work and constructed three more stories, thus bestowing the grandeur upon it that we behold today. Though Qutub Minar is a marvel, it has also seen ...