Qutb
Qutb ( Arabic قطب, DMG quṭb ) - sometimes also rewritten as Qutub , Qut'b , Kutub or Kuttub - means “Pol”, “Axis” or also (especially in the plural: Arabic) in Arabic أقطاب, DMG Aqṭāb ) "significant personality" or "celebrity", but can also have a religious component in some Islamic currents. The word is not related to the Arabic word for “books”, “ kutub ” ( Arabic كتب, DMG kutub ).
Well-known structures
- Qutb Complex , site in Delhi on which the ruins of the former Quwwat-al-Islam Mosque built by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak stand
- Qutub Minar , minaret of the former Quwwat-al-Islam mosque
Name bearer
- Mohammed Qutb (1919-2014), Egyptian Islamist
- Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966), Egyptian journalist and Islamist theorist
- Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311), Persian scientist
- Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (died 1210), founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and the so-called slave dynasty
- Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah, (r. 1316–1320) penultimate sultan of the Khilji dynasty in the Sultanate of Delhi
- Quli Qutb Shahi (ruled from 1512), first sultan of Golkonda and founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
- Abdullah Qutb Shah (r. 1626–1672), penultimate sultan of Golkonda
- Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (ruled 1672–1687), last sultan of Golkonda
- Qutb ad-Din Muhammad (r. 1097–1128), Choresm Shah
- Qutb ad-Din Mawdud (ruled 1149–1170), Zengid Atabeg of Mosul
Individual evidence
- ↑ JM Cowan (Ed.): The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. 3. Edition. Spoken Languages, Inc., Ithaca, New York, USA, 1976.