Architecture
- First Islamic (tomb) in India : Sultan Ghari(Hindi: सुल्तान ग़ारी, Urdu: سلطان غاری), built in 1231 CE for Prince Nasir ud din Mahmud, eldest son of Iltumish.
- First true dome : Alai Darwaza, Qutb complex, Delhi, built in 1311 CE, by first Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji.
- First true arch : Balban's tomb, Mehrauli Archeological Park, Delhi, built c. 1287 CE, by Ghiyas ud din Balban of Mamluk dynasty.
- First garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, also the first with Persian double-dome : Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, built 1562-1571 CE.
- First Mosque in India : Cheraman Juma Masjid Kodungallur (Kerala), built 629-630 A.D by Malik ibn Deenar, an Arab trader on the order of Chera ruler Cheraman Perumal (Tajjudin after conversion to Islam)
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