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Monument To Love; Tracing the colorful history of the Taj Mahal.(Brief article)
Byline: Jack Livings
In 1631, mogul empress Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to her 14th child. Court histories tell us that during her 19-year marriage to the Emperor Shah Jahan, she had been the "light of his bedchamber"; within days of her death, the emperor's beard had turned noticeably grayer. The mausoleum that he built in memory of his beloved--the Taj Mahal, completed in 1648--has stood for centuries as a symbol of sorrow and beauty.
Recent scholarship has questioned the role that love played in the construction of the monument. But for better and worse, Diana and Michael Preston's "Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire" (319 pages. Walker Books ) makes an argument for the commingling of love and architecture. It's unfortunate that this comprehensive history of the Mogul Empire is coated with a romantic patina (if rotting bodies ever gave off the "sweet stink of death," it must have been a ...
- London, Oct 23 (PTI) The celluloid version of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's...
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. October 23, 2005 700+ words
Claimed to be the most expensive film ever made in Bollywood, it captures and immortalizes the golden period of Mughal era with all its grandeur, opulence and brutality, by using elegant and eye-capturing costumes, costly sets and amazing cinematography. Directed by Akbar Khan, known for his
- Artistic legend of Emperor Shah Jahan.(Arts)(Art)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Shaw-Eagle, Joanna May 18, 1997 700+ words
...opulent court splendor of the "Great Mughal" Shah Jahan, builder of the legendary Taj Mahal, who reigned from 1628 to 1658. Milo C. Beach...history - most often brilliantly - of Emperor Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal ruler. Critics and scholars...
- Old Master Painting of Shah Jahan sold for 378,900 pounds.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 6, 2007 700+ words
Old Master Painting of Shah Jahan sold for 378,900 pounds...s greatest Mughal rulers, Shah Jahan, builder of world-famous Taj Mahal, fetched a record price of...of the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his four sons. This discovery...
- Shah Jahan's Mughal grandeur.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh July 7, 2006 700+ words
...in the world. Shah Jahan fulfilled both...started building the Taj Mahal, which was to...as has seen the Taj Mahal, and them as hasn...part of the poem "Shah- Jahan": Though emeralds...and gleaming, Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal...
- Dagger of Shah Jahan to be auctioned at Bonhams.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 8, 2008 700+ words
Dagger of Shah Jahan to be auctioned at Bonhams...dagger of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who built the world famous monument Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved...personal dagger carried by Shah Jahan with its fine gold inscriptions...
- Shah Jahan
- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
Shah Jahan (1592–1666) Mogul Emperor of India (1628...tolerant of Hinduism, he made Islam the state religion. Shah Jahan was responsible for building the Taj Mahal and the vast ornamental chambers of the Red Fort at Delhi...
- Chronicle of the King of the World.(Shah Jahan)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Calliope Silverstein, Shayna January 1, 2007 700+ words
Shah Jahan, the 17th-century ruler who had the magnificent Taj Mahal built on the bank of India's Yamuna River as a tomb for his wife, commissioned paintings similar to the one below as part of...
- Taj never placed under waqf by Shah Jahan: Historian.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. July 18, 2005 700+ words
...under waqf by Emperor Shah Jahan as claimed by the Uttar...first two decades of Shah Jahan's rule, which the...Moosvi said it is not Taj Mahal, the monument but 30...s writings that the Taj Mahal monument then (1659...