Minaret
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A minaret is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols
Minaret at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
An orientalist depiction of the muezzin's call to prayer from the balcony of a minaret, 1878. Usually only one muezzin chants the azan from the balcony, back straight and not leaning on the railing.
Inside the stairway of a minaret in Mostar
Inside the Giralda minaret in Seville, which has ascending ramps instead of stairs
Qutb Minar
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The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, S
Minaret
…of Jam, in a remote area of present-day Afghanistan, was built c. 1175 by the Ghurids and features elaborate brick decoration and inscriptions. The Qutb Minar in Delhi, the most monumental minaret in India, was built in 1199 and was designed on the same model as the Minaret of Jam. In later periods, however…
Minar in Delhi, India
Kuttull Minor, Delhi. The Qutb Minar, 1805
Decorative motifs on upper levels
Inscriptions at the base