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Jun 13, 2011 · Taj Mahal Over the Years. The Taj Mahal is an enormous mausoleum complex commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the remains of his beloved wife. Constructed over a 20-year ...
Feb 10, 2022 · Loving couple. The woman who would one day rest in the Taj Mahal was born Arjumand Banu Begum in 1593 in Agra, India, to Persian nobility. Her father was the brother-in-law of Shah Jahan’s ...
Mumtaz Mahal (rodným jménem Arjumand Banu Begum) se narodila 27. dubna 1593 v Agře rodičům Abdu’l-Hasan Asafovi a jeho manželce Diwanji Begum, která pocházela z rodiny perských šlechticů. Asaf byl také perským šlechticem, který v Mughalské říši zastával nejvyšší možný post – velkovezíra. Jeho rodina odešla do ...
The Taj was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial for his deceased wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the seven wonders of the world and is the pride of not just Agra but also of India. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Taj features in almost all literature about India and is one of the most enduring images of the country.
Mumtaz Mahal was born in April 1593 in Agra, India. Her father was the Persian noble Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jahan, the Mughal Empress wife of Jahangir . Mumtaz betrothed (nikah) with shah jahan at the age of 14 in 1607 when Shah Jahan was 15, Shah Jahan, later married two other women.May 10, 1612 at the age of 19 the official ...
Jun 17, 2016 · New Delhi, UPDATED: Apr 27, 2018 11:04 IST. Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died on this day, June 17, in the year 1631. She was born as Arjumand Banu Begum and was married off to Shah Jahan or Prince Khurram at the age of 14. She was the unquistioned love of the emperor. Although most of us know about Mumtaz and the legend of ...
Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632–53 (photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0) Shah Jahan was the fifth ruler of the. Mughal dynasty. During his third regnal year, his favorite wife, known as Mumtaz Mahal, died due to complications arising from the birth of their fourteenth child. Deeply saddened, the emperor started planning the construction of a ...
