Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.10

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⁴ Compare A., 135. The mosque of Firuzabad designed under Firuz Tughluq was provided with accommodation for 10,000 people. The fact should also be remembered that the present Qutb Minar of Delhi was originally designed as the minaret of a mosque named *Quwwat-ul-Islam* ('the strength of Islam'). Sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji, who later designed another minaret five times the dimensions of the Qutb, appears to have forgotten the original object.