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The love story behind the Taj Mahal was also a power story

The Taj Mahal is often introduced as the world’s grandest monument to love, and that version of the story is not exactly wrong. Shah Jahan commissioned it after the death of Mumtaz Mahal, his favored ...
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She died in her husband's arms after giving birth, and he built the Taj Mahal as a monument to his undying love for her

After the beloved wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan died at the age of 38, he built the Taj Mahal in her honor. Emperor Shah Jahan ruled from 1628 to 1658. He married Mumtaz Mahal in 1612. Mahal ...
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The incomparable Taj Mahal, reared by the Great Mogul, Shah Jehan, as a tomb for his wife, Agra. photonegative

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