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² On the basement storey are six bands of inscriptions—the lowest contains the designation and titles of Qutbu-d-Dîn Îbak (1206-1210); the second, the titles and praise of Muhammad ibn Sâm (1193-1206); the third, a verse from Sura 59 of the Qorân; the fourth as in the second; the fifth, 97 Arabic names of God; and the sixth a verse from Sura 2 of the Qorân. The place for the call to prayer was upon the second storey.—Carr Stephens, 'Archæology of Delhi,' pp. 58f.