Taj Mahal : The white-splendored tomb was built by Emperor Shah Jahan
in the memory of his favourite wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, better known
as Mumtaz Mahal ("Chosen of the Palace"). She married
Shah Jahan in 1612 to become his second wife and inseparable companion,
and died in childbirth at Burhanpur while on a campaign with her husband
in 1629. Shah Jahan was, it is said, inconsolable to the point of contemplating
abdication in favour of his sons. The court went into mourning for over
two years; and Shah Jahan decided to commemorate the memory of Mumtaz
with a building the like of which had never been seen before.
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