Shah Jahan facts
While investigating facts about Shah Jahan Regency and Shah Jahan Mosque, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Mumtaz Mahal was Shah Jahan's third wife. Her name was originally Arjumand Bano Begum but when she married Shah Jahan she was christened as Mumtaz Mahal which means ‘Jewel of the Palace", or ‘Chosen One of the Palace".
how shah jahan died?
Although the Taj Mahal was built for Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan was also laid to rest in the tomb alongside his late wife.
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In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 10 of the best facts about Shah Jahan Son and Shah Jahan Wife I managed to collect.
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After completion of the structure of Taj Mahal, the brutal emperor Shah Jahan had his minions cut off the hands of Taj Mahal's architect and workers ensuring they would never build another of its kind.
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In 1632, a year after the death of Mumtaz Mahal, the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire ,her husband emperor Shah Jahan had her body exhumed and brought to Agra where building soon began on her mausoleum. 22 years later the Taj Mahal was finished.
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It was rumored that Shah Jahan had the hands cut off from the people who worked on the Taj Mahal once it was complete. His reasoning was that nobody would ever be able to build such a beautiful building ever again. Nobody has been able to prove that this story is true.
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The famed Peacock Throne commissioned by Shah Jahan, a Mughal Emperor, costed almost twice the amount needed to construct Taj Mahal, also by the same emperor.
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Taj Mahal known as the 'symbol of love' was built by emperor Shah Jahan for his third wife Mumtaz who died while giving birth to their 14th child after being in labor for 30 hours at the age of 40
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Indian legend says Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal, planned to build a black Taj Mahal across from the white one.
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Shah Jahan and his minions cut off the hands of the Taj Mahal's architect and his workers after the structure was completed, ensuring they would never build another of its kind.
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There's a myth around taj mahal that Shah Jahan got the hands of his sculptors and architects cut off so that they would never be able to build a monument as magnificent and beautiful as the Taj Mahal
