Why was the Taj Mahal built?

Answer 1

The Taj Mahal was built by an Emperor called Shah Jahan to remember his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She was his third wife, and as she neared death, the story goes that she asked her husband to build the most beautiful mausoleum in the world in memory of her. Shah Jahan was grief-stricken at his wife's death, so he honored her request.

The Taj Mahal's construction commenced a year after her death, in 1632, and the main building was finished in 1648.

Answer 2

Taj Mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which otherwise serves as a wide moat defending the Great Red Fort of Agra, the center of the Mughal emperors until they moved their capital to Delhi in 1637. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his third but the most favourite wife, in fact a soul-mate Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 13th child. The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and beard were said to have grown Snow White in a few months.

When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she extracted four promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Taj; second, that he should marry again; third, that he be kind to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her death anniversary. However, due to ill health and being under house arrest by his own son and successor to the throne, Aurangzeb, barred him from continue to keep the last promise.

The Taj rises on a high red sandstone base topped by a huge white marble terrace on which rests the famous dome flanked by four tapering minarets. Within the dome lies the jewel-inlaid cenotaph of the queen. So exquisite is the workmanship that the Taj has been described as "having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers". The only asymmetrical object in the Taj is the casket of the emperor which was built beside the queen's as an afterthought.

Answer 3

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum in Agra, India. It was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan as the final resting place for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Muhal, who died during the birth of their daughter Gauhara Begum, their fourteenth child. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1648. A team of designers and craftsmen were responsible for designing and building the Taj Mahal, with Persian architect Ustad Isa generally considered to be the principal designer. It is considered one the seven wonders of the modern world, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as one of the most "universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage." Taj Mahal means "crown palace".

Answer 4

It was built in 1632 by shah jahan for his 3rd and final wife.

Answer 5

the taj was created for a queen that reined while it was built.

Answer 6

Type your answer here... it was built from a Indian person

Answer 7

The Taj Mahal was built to honor Shah Jahan of India. The Taj Mahal was built between 1632 and 1653.

Answer 8

Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in Agra in memory of his late wife Mumtaj .

Answer 9

For the wife- Apex

^my boy was a simp xD

Answer 10

It was a mausoleum for a rulers wife apex