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  2. Mumtaz Mahal - Wikipedia

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    Mumtaz Mahal was portrayed by actress Nasreen in Abdul Rashid Kardar's film Shahjehan (1946). [75] Mumtaz Mahal is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Ram Daryani, starring Veena in the titular role. [73] Bina Rai portrayed Mumtaz Mahal in M. Sadiq's film Taj Mahal (1963). [76] Zeba played the role of Mumtaz Mahal in S. T. Zaidi's Taj ...

  3. Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan in 1631, to be built in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died on 17 June that year while giving birth to their 14th child, Gauhara Begum. [10] [11] Construction started in 1632, and the mausoleum was completed in 1648, while the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later ...

  4. Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    They are buried in graves on a north-south axis, with faces turned right (west) toward Mecca. Two cenotaphs above mark the graves. Mumtaz's cenotaph is placed at the precise center of the inner chamber. On a rectangular marble base about 1.5 by 2.5 metres is a smaller marble casket.

  5. Burhanpur - Wikipedia

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    His beloved wife Mumtaz died here and it is believed that the Taj Mahal was decided to be made in Burhanpur before the plan was cancelled due to lack of white marble here at the time, though Mumtaz was buried here for six months after her death until Taj Mahal construction was completed.

  6. Shah Jahan - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal, the burial place of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahal died at the young age of 38 (7 June 1631), upon giving birth to Princess Gauhar Ara Begum in the city of Burhanpur , Deccan of a postpartum haemorrhage , which caused considerable blood-loss after painful labor of thirty hours. [ 32 ]

  7. Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah - Wikipedia

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    He hailed from Iran and served Akbar and was the father of the famous Nur Jahan and grandfather of Mumtaz Mahal of the Taj Mahal fame. He was made Vazir (Prime Minister) after Nur Jahan's marriage with Jahangir in 1611 and held the mansab of 7000/7000 and the title : "I'timad-Ud-Daulah" (The Lord treasurer). He died at Agra in 1622, a few ...

  8. Mehtab Bagh - Wikipedia

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    The Black Taj Mahal is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself exactly to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, but built entirely out of black marble.

  9. Imambara Shah Najaf - Wikipedia

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    His three wives Sarfaraz Mahal, Mubarak Mahal and Mumtaz Mahal are also buried there. [citation needed] The thick walls around the mosque are said to have withstonod the heavy gun fires of British naval brigade during their advance in 1857. [4]