The Taj Mahal of Agra is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, for
reasons more than just looking magnificent. It's the history of Taj
Mahal that adds a soul to its magnificence: a soul that is filled with
love, loss, remorse, and love again. Because if it was not for love, the
world would have been robbed of a fine example upon which people base
their relationships. An example of how deeply a man loved his wife, that
even after she remained but a memory, he made sure that this memory
would never fade away. This man was the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who
was head-over-heels in love with Mumtaz Mahal, his dear wife. She was a
Muslim Persian princess (her name Arjumand Banu Begum before marriage)
and he was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Akbar
the Great. It was at the age of 14 that he met Mumtaz and fell in love
with her. Five years later in the year 1612, they got married
Mumtaz Mahal, an inseparable companion of Shah Jahan, died in 1631, while giving birth to their 14th child. It was in the memory of his beloved wife that Shah Jahan built a magnificent monument as a tribute to her, which we today know as the "Taj Mahal". Taj Mahal was finally completed in the year 1653.
Mumtaz Mahal, an inseparable companion of Shah Jahan, died in 1631, while giving birth to their 14th child. It was in the memory of his beloved wife that Shah Jahan built a magnificent monument as a tribute to her, which we today know as the "Taj Mahal". Taj Mahal was finally completed in the year 1653.