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| Alai Minar Photo By : Mohsin Javed |
The unfinished Minar is named after Ala-ud-Din Khalji (A.D.1296-1316) who had doubled the size of Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid and had started the construction of another minar, twice the size of Qutub Minar, so as to be proportionate with the enlarged mosque but because of his death the construction of the tower is 24.5 meter. It is evident that the architect intended to face the present rubble masonry core with dressed stone or some other better finished material.