QUTUB MINAR Done by

MOHAMMED ZUBAIR
 INTRODUCTION
• THE QUTUB MINAR IS A MINARET THAT FORMS
PART OF THE QUTAB COMPLEX,
A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN
THE MEHRAULI AREA OF DELHI, INDIA.
• QUTUB MINAR IS A 73-METRE TALL.
• CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1192.
• RESTORATION ALREADY STARTED AFTER 1369
• IN 1369, A LIGHTNING STRIKE DESTROYED THE
TOP STOREY.
• FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ REPLACED THE
DAMAGED STOREY, AND ADDED ONE MORE.
• SHER SAH SURI ADDED AN ENTRANCE
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• FIRST THREE STORIES • FADING ITS • CRACKS HAS

ARE MADE OF COLOUR DUE TO BEEN FILLED
SANDSTONE AND WHEATHERING WITH LIME.
OTHER ARE MADE OF AND AGING
MARBEL.

• THE LOWER PART IN • BROKEN PART HAS • DIAGNOSE

THE INSCRIPTION OF BEEN RESTORED (MEASURING THE
QUTUB MINAR IS • COLOUR HAS BEEN BROKEN PART )
BROKEN. RENEWED • MATERIAL
THROUGH DETORIATION
CHEMICAL • INTERVENTION
TREATMENT. OF
• THE MONUMENT IS TECHNOLOGY
DIVIDES INTO 5
FLOOR 379 STEPS
LEADS TO TOP MOST
FLOOR
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1.
• THE UPPER PART OF • SAND STONE HAS • BROKEN
THE SCREENING BEEN WASHED AND SANDSTONE IS
HAS BEEN • UPPER PART IS REMOVED WITH
DESTROYED COMPLETED HAMMER.
• CLAY IS BURNT IN
KILN AND MADE THE
DESIRED SHAPE.
• LIME MORTAR HAS
APPLIED AND BRICKS
ARE FIXED.