Love-Romance-Relationship-Couples

Taj Mahal is the monument built under a ruler in memory of his beloved wife – inimitable and fantastically beautiful. This is the symbol of eternal love of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to his wife Mumtaz Mahal, glorified by poets and artists.

Mumtaz Mahal, translated as the “Jewel of the Palace” was the name Arjumand Banu Begum was named by her future father-in-law, the severe Jahangir. Those family relations are a tangled problem. However, the most romantic of the legends says that Prince Khurram (who would later become Shah Jahan) met this girl at the bazaar. The way she looked at him made him forget about the dirt and poverty that surrounded him. In 1612, when Banu Begum was 19 years old, she became his wife.

In 1628 Shah Jahan became an emperor. Of course he had other wives, but Mumtaz Mahal was his favourite one – she even traveled with him during his military campaigns and was an adviser of his. The spouses lived 17 happy years, during which 13 children were born. Unfortunately, in 1629 Mumtaz Mahal died during the birth of their fourteenth child… 36 was rather a considerable