The Kutb Minar at Delhi
The famous Kutb Minar at Delhi is the tallest minaret in the world, and is a grand monument of Mohammedan art, dating from the time of Kutb-ad-din Aybek or his successor, Altamish, early in the thirteenth century. It is built of a reddish sandstone, capped with two bands of white marble, and rises two hundred and forty feet above the ground. The arabesque inscriptions around its base are particularly handsome.
Chapter 1 – Mohammedan Invasion –the Arabs in Sind – 712 A.D.
Chapter 2 – The Idol-Breaker – Mahmud of Ghazni – 997–1030 A.D.
Chapter 3 – The Men of the Mountain – Ghazni and Ghor – 1030–1206 A.D.
Chapter 4 – The Slave Kings – the Turks in Delhi – 1206–1290 A.D.
Chapter 5 – First Deccan Conquests – Ala-ad-Din Khalji – 1280–1311 A.D.
Chapter 6 – Zenith of the Slave Dynasty – Mohammad Taghlak and Firoz Shah – 1321–1388 A.D.
Chapter 7 – Disintegration – Provincial Dynasties – 1388–1451 A.D.
Chapter 8 – The Coming of the Moghuls – The Emperor Babar – 1451–1530 A.D.
Chapter 9 – The Ebb of the Tide – Humayun – 1530–1536 A.D.
Appendix 1 – Firdausi’s Panegyric of Mahmud of Ghazni and his Satire on the Same Ruler
Appendix 2 – Chronological Summary
Appendix 3 – Mohammedan Dynasties
The Kutb Minar at Delhi – Arms of Sind – Jat Nobles – Scene in an Afghan Pass – The Fortress of Ghazni – The Fort at Peshawar – A Hindu Idol – The Sacred River at Jumna and Temples at Mathura – Old Afghan Armour – A Typical Turkman – A Garden at Lahore – Benares and the River Ganges – Kabulis – A Modern Afghan – A Column at Ghazni – Coin of Ghiyas-ad-Din showing spearman on elephant – Fort of Ajmir – Silver coin of Mohammad Ghori, struck at Ghazni, A.H. 596 (A.D. 1190) – The Kutb Minar at Delhi – Arabesque Carving around the Base of the Kutb Minar – Billon Coin of Yildiz – Polo in Ancient Persia – The Great Mosque of Ajmir, with inscription of Altamish – Silver Coin of Altamish – Tomb of Altamish at Delhi – Silver coin of Queen Raziya, struck at Lakhnauti – A Kibitka, or native hut in Turkistan – A Bhisti, or water carrier – An Indian Boat – Gold Coin of Balban, struck at Delhi, A.H. 672 (A.D. 1273–4) – The River Jumna at Mathura – Gold coin of Ala-ad-Din, struck at Delhi, A.H. 698 (A.D. 1208–9) – The Narbada River at Jabalpur – The Gateway of Ala-ad-Din in the Mosque at Delhi – A Street in the old Capital Ujjain – An Indian Court – The Gateway of Ala-ad-Din in the Mosque at Delhi – Doab Villagers – A Deccan Type – Indian Dancing Girls – Scene in Gwalior – Fort of Taghlakabad, at Delhi, enclosing Tomb of Taghlak Shah – Gold coin of Mohammad Taghlak, struck at Delhi, A.H. 726 (A.D. 1326) – Tomb at the Kutb Minar, Delhi – A Tomb at old Delhi – Brass money of Mohammad Taghlak, struck at Delhi, A.H. 731 (A.D. 1330–1) – An Ancient Gateway at Warangal – Low-caste Bengalis – Hindu Snake Charmers and Jugglers – A Mohammedan Woman – Tomb of Firoz Shah at Delhi – Gold Coin of Firoz Shah, A.H. 788 (A.D. 1386) – The Bala Hissar Gate, Kabul – Timur Lang, Tamerlane the Great – Indrapat, or Old Delhi – Golden Mosque at Gaur – Minar of Firoz II at Gaur (1488) – Carved Screen in the Sidi Sayid Mosque, Ahmadabad – Fort of Jaunpur, East Gate – Atala Devi Mosque at Jaunpur – Tomb of Mohammad Ghaus at Gwalior – Two Minars at Ahmadabad – Sultan Mahmud’s Tomb at Bijapur – Bihar Type – The Emperor Babar – Street Scene in Lahore – Architectural Detail of the Mosque at Old Delhi – Rajput Soldiers – The Gigantic Howitzer “Malik Maidan” – A Scene at Agra – Four Emperors: Babar, Humayun, Akbar, and Jahangir – Hindu and Mohammedan Building – River Bank, Lucknow – Tomb of Humayun near Delhi – Delhi Gate, Agra Fort – Silver Coin of Sher Shah, struck at Delhi, A.H. 947 (A.D. 1540–1)
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage