4.614 | Fall 2002 | Undergraduate

Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures

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The Mosque of Quwwat al-Islam (Might of Islam) (1193-99, 1220-29, and 1316). Delhi’s earliest congregational mosque started by Aybak, the first Mamluk sultan of Delhi. It shows the conflict between the Hindu building tradition and the architectural requirements of mosques. It was enlarged twice.

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