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... Shah Jahan , and , as Mumtaz Mahal , became famous as the person for whom the Taj Mahal was built . Shah Jahan ( r . 1628-58 ) Under Shah Jahan ( ' King of the World ' ) [ 2 : 1 , 6 , 18 ] the Mughal empire experienced its period of ...
... Shah Jahan , and , as Mumtaz Mahal , became famous as the person for whom the Taj Mahal was built . Shah Jahan ( r . 1628-58 ) Under Shah Jahan ( ' King of the World ' ) [ 2 : 1 , 6 , 18 ] the Mughal empire experienced its period of ...
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... Shah Shuja ( b . 1616 at Ajmer ) [ 2 : 3 , 14 ] , Aurangzeb ( b . 1618 at Dhod in Malwa ) [ 2 : 4 , 4 , 65 ] , and Murad Bakhsh ( b . 1624 at Rohtas fort in Bihar ) [ 2 : 5 , 90 ] ; and three daughters ... SHAH JAHAN AND MUMTAZ MAHAL 19.
... Shah Shuja ( b . 1616 at Ajmer ) [ 2 : 3 , 14 ] , Aurangzeb ( b . 1618 at Dhod in Malwa ) [ 2 : 4 , 4 , 65 ] , and Murad Bakhsh ( b . 1624 at Rohtas fort in Bihar ) [ 2 : 5 , 90 ] ; and three daughters ... SHAH JAHAN AND MUMTAZ MAHAL 19.
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... Shah Jahan had moved to Burhanpur to quell the rebellion of one of his nobles , Khan Jahan Lodi , who had joined forces with the Deccani sultans . The court stayed in the palaces of the fort which Shah Jahan had built during his Deccan ...
... Shah Jahan had moved to Burhanpur to quell the rebellion of one of his nobles , Khan Jahan Lodi , who had joined forces with the Deccani sultans . The court stayed in the palaces of the fort which Shah Jahan had built during his Deccan ...
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Mughal Agra a riverfront garden city | 23 |
The riverfront garden city | 29 |
Copyright | |
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Agra appears arches architecture artist Bagh bazaar became Begley and Desai British building built called caravanserai cenotaph central centre century chamber complex construction corner court decoration Delhi detail dome drawing early east elements emperor entire expressed facing flanked floor flowers four garden gate give given hall historians imperial India inlaid inscriptions Islamic Jahangir Jilaukhana Kanbo Khan known Koch Lahauri later leading marble mausoleum Mihman Khana monument mosque Mughal Mumtaz Mahal Muslim niches octagonal opposite original ornament painted palace pattern pavilion Persian Photograph taken pishtaq plant platform present preserved Prince river riverfront roof rooms sandstone seen Shah Jahan shows side square stone structure surrounded Taj Mahal terrace tomb towers trans trees upper vaults verandah visited wall white marble