The story of the real Taj Mahal and place built

Taj Mahal is a beautiful place and is one of the new seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum of white marble, built by emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is located on the Bank South of the river Yamuna near Agra, India, Taj Mahal took 22 years to be built, and finally finished in 1653, the Taj Mahal, one of the new seven wonders of the world, it was surprising all Visitors to him not only for his statues and the beauty of its structure, has a complex design, the restaurant with flowers made of precious stones.

The beginning of a love story:

In 1607, Shah Jahan, first met his girlfriend at the time, her time was the fifth Emperor, he was just a Prince, age 16, and was named Prince Khorram, this Prince was flickering in the Around the Royal market, flirting with girls from high-profile families, and one day met Prince "khurram's 15-year-old met his girlfriend and even though he loved her at first sight but Double room was allowed to marry immediately, it was the marriage of Kandahar Begum first and later marry third wife.

On 27 June 1612, he managed to marry Prince Khorram as his lover, which gave her the name of Mumtaz Mahal and Mumtaz Mahal was not only beautiful, but she was smart and tender heart, too, who was much audience due Partly because the Mumtaz Mahal was caring for people, she oversees the widows and orphans to make sure they received food and money.

The death of Mumtaz Mahal:

In 1631, after three years of reign of emperor Shah Jahan, there was a revolt underway, Shah Jahan was to take his army and destroy this insurgency, as usual, always together with Mumtaz Mahal was Shah Jahan, Accompanying it, despite being pregnant, and on June 16 in 1631, gave birth to a healthy baby girl Mumtaz Mahal in the center of the camp, at first, everything looked good, but soon discovered that Mumtaz Mahal was dying.
Shah Jahan rushed to her side, and in the early morning hours of June 17, 1631, Mumtaz Mahal died in his arms, according to reports, Shah Jahan didn't come out of his agony, and went to his tent and cried for Eight days later, Mumtaz Mahal was buried immediately according to Muslim traditions.

Plans for the construction of Taj Mahal:

Shah Jahan came with the remains of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal with a large procession, composed of thousands of soldiers accompanying the body, mourners, and when I reached the remains of Mumtaz Mahal Agra on 8 January 1632, was buried on the ground that Donated by noble Raja Jai Singh, near the Taj Mahal was built.
Shah Jahan, was full of sorrow and decided to pour that emotion into every single detail expensive gorgeous shrine, who wanted to compete with all those who came before him, and was also unique, being the first large shrine dedicated For a woman, hired the best architects of his day, and the plan was that the Taj Mahal is the most beautiful place on Earth.

Build the Taj Mahal:

At that time, the Mongol Empire was one of the richest regions in the world, so Shah Jahan was a good way to do this huge project, Shah Jahan plans to make the Taj Mahal, but Also builds quickly and to speed up construction, bringing an estimated 20, 000 workers, those workers included skilled craftsmen and unskilled, all alike.
Initially, they wanted to build it on the basis of a giant building standing at 624 feet in length (Al), as well as two buildings built from red sandstone (Mosque and the guesthouse) and Taj Mahal suite, Build the Taj Mahal, he sat on second base, octagonal structure, built for the first time of brick and then covered with white marble.
White marble was incredibly heavy, it took 1000 elephants and a myriad of oxen to pull the marble to the construction site of the Taj Mahal, and heavy marble pieces to reach higher places of the Taj Mahal, Giant earthen ramp.

Calligraphy tinged with flowers:

Most pictures of the Taj appear white, it is a beautiful building is really big, and there are some complications that can be seen up close, and these details to the Taj Mahal stands amid the amazement and pride, we find the mosque, guesthouse And the large main gate on the South side of the Taj Mahal complex showing verses from the Quran written in Arabic calligraphy, and Shah Jahan Khan, the secretariat hired master calligraphers, to work on these verses mixed In flowers.

And his work was elaborately brilliantly, and finished the verses of the Quran grafted in black marble, which look soft and thin, though it's made of stone curves but she looks almost handwritten Hand, and chose Khan Secretariat 22 verses of the Qur'an, almost surprising in this line that mixed with the smell of flowers and found around the Taj Mahal complex, and he did so in a process known as Basmbarshin Curry, a felling of highly skilled to complex floral pieces of white marble mixed with precious and semi-precious stones to form interlaced vines and flowers.

43 came kind of precious and semi-precious stones used for these different flowers from around the world, including Sri Lanka, Lapis and jade from China, marble from Russia, turquoise From Tibet.

Taj Mahal Garden:

Taj Mahal Garden was an integral part of a plan to make it the most beautiful place on Earth, the Taj Mahal Garden located to the South of the shrine, and has four parts, divided by four, and unfortunately, he didn't make it any Records tell us what originally plants planted in the garden of the Taj Mahal.

The end of Shah Jahan:

Shah Jahan remained in deep mourning for two years, but even then, the death of Mumtaz Mahal deeply affected, in 1658, and after 30 years as an emperor, and go to the Red Fort in Agra, and wasn't able to Leave everything behind, Shah Jahan spent the last eight years of his life as he peered out the window, looking his beloved in the Taj Mahal.

When Shah Jahan died on January 22, 1666, buried with Mumtaz Mahal in the crypt under the Taj Mahal, on the ground floor of the Taj Mahal, was above the basement, sitting Monday, one was in the middle of the room belongs to Mumtaz Mahal And one in the West is of Shah Jahan.

Taj Mahal Hotel becomes:

Shah Jahan was stark enough wealth in the vaults to support and costs of maintenance of the Taj Mahal, but over the centuries, the Mongol Empire lost their wealth and Taj Mahal fell in disrepair, and by the year 1800 ousted Mughal and British India seized, and for many, the Taj Mahal is beautiful but has been cutting precious stones of the walls, the silver candlesticks stolen, doors, and even tried to sell white marble Abroad.

Taj Mahal :

The Taj Mahal has become again a wonderful place, with 2.5 million tourists annually and visitors can visit during the day, where the white marble color varies depending on the timing, once a month, visitors have the opportunity to do a short visit during a full moon, To see how it looks like the Taj Mahal and is glowing from the inside in the Moonlight, in 1983, the Taj Mahal was put on the World Heritage list by UNESCO, but now suffering from nearby factories contaminants and moisture.

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