Qutb

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Qutb, Qutub, Kutb, or Kutub (Arabic قطب) may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Buildings 3 Things 4 See also

[edit] People

• Qutub (Sufism), certain saints in Sufism
• Qutb-ud-din Aybak (?-1210), Sultan of Delhi
• Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966), an Egyptian author and Islamist, older brother of Muhammad Qutb
• Muhammad Qutb (~1909-~1980), an Egyptian author and Islamist, younger brother of Sayyid Qutb
• Qutb Shahi dynasty, ruling family of the kingdom of Golconda in southern India, (1518-1687)
• Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah (d. 1320), third and last ruler of the Khilji dynasty in India
• Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236–1311), a 13th century Persian astronomer
• Qutb ad-Din Mawdud, the Zengid Emir of Mosul, (1149-1169)
• Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar (?-~1221), Persian Sufi saint (the Qutb is an honorific)

[edit] Buildings

• Qutb complex, a group of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India
• Qutub Minar, tall brick minaret in Delhi, India

[edit] Things

• Islamic Holy Books, divinely revealed scriptures
• Qutub: The Point, a book by Andrew D. Chumbley

[edit] See also

• Qutbism