THE DEATH DAY OF BADSHAH SHAH JAHAN
On this day in 1966 Shah Jahan, the mighty Mughal Emperor of India who built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, died today in the fort where his son, Aurangzeb, imprisoned him eight years ago. he was 74.
He is to be entombed in the Taj Mahal beside his wife. Aurangzeb had fought and killed his brothers to seize the throne, as Shah Jahan had done before him in 1628. Aurangzeb confined his father to his harem in the fort at Agra, from where the old man could gaze at the magnificent white marble mausoleum in which his empress lay. He was a direct descendant of both Genghis Khan and Timur.
On this day in 1966 Shah Jahan, the mighty Mughal Emperor of India who built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, died today in the fort where his son, Aurangzeb, imprisoned him eight years ago. he was 74.
He is to be entombed in the Taj Mahal beside his wife. Aurangzeb had fought and killed his brothers to seize the throne, as Shah Jahan had done before him in 1628. Aurangzeb confined his father to his harem in the fort at Agra, from where the old man could gaze at the magnificent white marble mausoleum in which his empress lay. He was a direct descendant of both Genghis Khan and Timur.
