The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, known as India's first mosque, is located next to the minar. According to legend, this structure was built from the remains of 27 Hindu temples that had been destroyed.

Below the towering minar is a mosque, Quwwatt-al-Islam ("Might of Islam"), also built in the early 12th century and constructed using pieces of more than 20 destroyed Hindu and Jain temples.

Unlike most open-air mosques, Khirki Masjid is enclosed ... While the Qutub Minar and other famous Indo-Islamic monuments continue to draw large crowds, these lesser-known architectural wonders ...