

Before Tuqluq built Tuqluqabad there was Qutb, founder of the Slave
Dynasty and, evidently, ardent minaret fancier. Built in the 1200s,
this minaret is probably one of India's most imposing structures -
though when seen through the haze from afar it resembles little more
than a smokestack.
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