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Firoz Minar (also known as Firuz Minar) (''English'': Tower of Firoz/Firuz) is a five-storeyed tower situated at
Firoz Minor is located one kilometre away from the Dakhil Darwaza at the city of
Gaur
The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 ...
, West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...
, India. It was built by Sultan Saifuddin Firuz Shah
Malik Andil Habshi ( bn, মালিক আন্দিল হাবশী), better known by his regnal title Saifuddin Firuz Shah ( bn, সাইফউদ্দীন ফিরুজ শাহ, fa, ) was the second "Habshi" ruler of the Beng ...
of the Habshi dynasty
Habshi dynasty refers to the rule of Ethiopian Abyssinian rulers in Bengal that lasted from 1487 to 1493 or 1494 during the Bengal Sultanate. Four Habshi rulers ruled Bengal during this period. This rule began with the rebellion against and a ...
between 1485 and 1489. It was built in the Tughlaqi style of architecture. Although the first three storeys are dodecagon
In geometry, a dodecagon or 12-gon is any twelve-sided polygon.
Regular dodecagon
A regular dodecagon is a figure with sides of the same length and internal angles of the same size. It has twelve lines of reflective symmetry and rotational symm ...
al, the final two are circular in shape.
Location
Firoz Minor is located one kilometre away from the Dakhil Darwaza at the city of Gaur
The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 ...
. Gaur is at a distance of from the city of Malda and is situated at the Malda district
Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (, , often ), is a district in West Bengal, India. It lies 347 km (215 miles) north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this district ...
in the Indian st