MeMhrauli - The place of Ancient Monuments

Mehrauli is one of the seven old urban communities that make up the current situation with Delhi. The Lal Kot fort was built by the gujjar tanwar head Anangpal I around AD 731 and extended by Anangpal II in the eleventh century, who moved his cashflow to Lal Kot from Kannauj. The gujjartanwars were vanquished by the Chauhans in the twelfth century.

Bhool Bhulaiya

 Prithviraj Chauhan further extended the strong hold and called it Qila Rai Pithora. He was defeated and murdered in 1192 by mohammed Ghori, who put his general Qutb-ud-din-Aybak in control and came back to Afghanistan. Consequently in 1206, after the passing of Mohammed Ghori, Qutubuddin crowned himself as the first Sultan of Delhi. Consequently Delhi turned into the capital of Mamluk administration of Delhi (slave line), the first tradition of Muslim sultans to manage over northern India. Mehrauli remained the capital of the Mamluk administration which led until 1290. Throughout the Khilji administration, the capital moved to Siri.

In twelfth century Jain scriptures, the spot is likewise said as Yogninipura, now perceptible by the vicinity of the celebrated, "Yogmaya Temple", close to the Qutub Minar intricate, accepted to be fabricated by the Pandavas.

Despite the fact that Mehrauli is similar to any standard neighborhood today, its past is the thing that recognizes it as far as construction modeling. Yet the celebrated protection planner AGK Menon is finishing everything he could to remove the indigenous populace and return Mehrauli to its past superbness, as agreed by the British Colonial standards.

Despite the fact that the capital moved from Mehrauli after the Slave tradition guideline reached an end, numerous different traditions helped fundamentally to Mehrauli's building design.

The most obvious bit of structural planning remains the Qutb complex which was launched by Qutub ud din Aybak with resulting increments by Iltutmish and Alauddin Khilji. The Qutb complex is today an UNESCO world legacy site, and additionally the venue for the twelve-month Qutub Festival.

Dargah-Khwaja Bakhtiar Kaki

Mausoleum of thirteenth century, Sufi holy person, Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki is likewise arranged close to the Qutub Minar Complex in Mehrauli , and the venue for the twelve-month Phoolwalon-ki-sair Festival. The dargah complex likewise houses graves of later Mughal sovereigns, Bahadur Shah I, Shah Alam II, and Akbar II, in a neighboring marble walled in area. To the left of the dargah, lies Moti Masjid, a little mosque, fabricated for private request to God by the child of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I.

Balban's tomb fitting in with Balban, Slave administration leader of Delhi Sultanate was developed here in the thirteenth century can at present be seen however in a broken down condition. Structurally critical structure as it is the first correct curve in Indo-Islamic building design, Another tomb, that of Balban's child, Khan Shahid, who kicked the bucket before he could be delegated, is likewise placed adjacent in Mehrauli Archeological Park.

Iron Pillar

A baoli or stepwell known as Rajon Ki Baoli was built in 1506 throughout Sikandar Lodhi's rule. It was utilized to store water however it is presently totally dried and is currently known as Sukhi Baoli (dry well).

The Jamali Kamali mosque was inherent 1528, out of appreciation for the Sufi holy person Shaikh Hamid receptacle Fazlullah, otherwise called Dervish Shaikh Jamali Kamboh Dihlawi or Jalal Khan. The paragon of piety's tomb                                                                 inherent 1536 upon his demise is                                                                     contiguous the mosque. 

The Adham Khan's Tomb in Mehrauli was developed by Emperor Akbar in memory of his encourage sibling and general Adham Khan in 1566. The tomb, otherwise called Bhulbhulaiyan, as one could lose all sense of direction in the maze of its passages, it was later utilized by the British as a habitation, rest house and even as a police headquarters. Near Adham Khan's tomb, lies that of an alternate Mughal General, Muhammad Quli Khan, later it served as the habitation of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, Governor-General's Agent at the Mughal court. The Mehrauli Archeological Park spread over 200 plot of land equal to 4840 square yards, contiguous Qutb Minar site was redeveloped in 1997.