Records of the Past Exploration Society · [Washington, D.C. : Records of the Past Exploration Society] · leaf 58
emains ofthe fair Arjamand Banu Begam by her lord and lover, theEmperor Shah Jehan. The Mogul prince and princesses used to choosein their lifetime a piece of picturesque ground, to inclose it with highwalls, embellish its precincts with flower beds and groves of shadytrees and to build upon it a… … 4S RECORDS OF THE PAST the world no king or queen had ever such monument as the TajMf\haJ. It is known also by the name of Mamtatzie Mahal or exaltedof the palaces. The Queen died in 1629 and the building was seton foot soon after her death, though not completed till 1648. Thebeautiful domes of the…
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