Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is one of the finest and most magnificent mosques and shrines in the world. The reason for its construction was after a love story that took place between the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. This palace was built with high accuracy of aesthetic craftsmanship that includes modern art in building and Islamic architecture at the same time. , And it also combined several architectural styles represented in Persian, Turkish, Ottoman and Indian architecture at the same time.
What increased the aesthetic of this palace is that they used in its construction the white alabaster that covers a large terrace, and on each corner of this terrace is a minaret with a height of each of thirty-seven meters, and surrounded by this terrace three balconies, and the center of the terrace is a high shrine with a quadrilateral shape, and is located in the middle This building is the main dome with a diameter of seventeen meters, and in front of this building is a rectangular pool that gives a picturesque appearance of the reflection of the palace on its surface.
The location of the Taj Mahal
The geographic location of the Taj Mahal Palace is in the Indian city of Agra, which is located on the southern bank of the Juman River. It was built by the Mughal Emperor (Shah Jahan) in commemoration of the memory of his late wife, Armandbano, known as (Mumtaz Mahal). This palace was built after her death in labor during her birth. Her fourteenth child.
And this palace mediates a large garden with abundant pools and fountains that are very impressive, and this palace has proven high in its sophistication in terms of artistic construction, where the two architects, professor (Issa Shirazi) and (Amanullah Khan Shirazi), created it, and it took a long time to appreciate Twenty-two years, and its construction began in the year one thousand six hundred and thirty two of the Gregorian year, and more than twenty thousand builders worked on its construction, after which this palace proved its position as an impressive architectural icon in Islamic architecture.
Agra city
The Taj Mahal Palace is located in the city of Agra, which is located in the northern part of the state of (Uttar Pradesh), which is located in the south of the Indian capital, New Delhi, which is two hundred kilometers away from it, and this city was established in the year one thousand four hundred and seventy-five AD Sultan Iskandar dehi is the capital of the city of Agra in the year five thousand six hundred AD, and to this day this city is still one of the tourist areas that attract world tourists to its beauty and the presence of the Taj Mahal Palace in it as a prominent tourist attraction.
The origin of the Taj Mahal label
The name of the Taj Mahal was attributed to the name of the late wife Mumtaz Mahal, and the word Mahal means a palace, but historians in the era of Emperor Shah Jahan called the palace the name (Razza Mumtaz Mahal) and its meaning is the Mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal. As for the name of Taj Mahal it means Palace of the Crown or the crown of the palace, and this name that It has been popular for minors over the years.
