Taj Mahal in India's history began in 1630 on the orders of Shah Munghal which at that time was the king of India. Taj Mahal was built for his wife who came from Persia which Arjumand Banu Begam known as Mumtaz Mahal.
On January 5, 1592, Shahabuddin Muhammad Khurram was born and became the third son of Emperor Jahangir. The mother who gave birth to a daughter named Rajput of the Marwar Princess Manmati or Bilquis Makani. Before Khurram was born, an astrologer had suspected that Khurram was destined for something magnificent. Because of the prophecy, his grandfather, 3rd Mughal emperor asked him to stay with Ruqiya, his wife, so he could fulfill his wife's request to raise the Mughal empire, and only at the age of 13 years Khurram could return to his original family. He was chosen to be the successor to the throne in 1627 when his father died. Khurram reign slowly into the golden age of Indian civilization, and making best known as the son of Mughal.
History of the Taj Mahal in India initially entering round at a time when 20-year-old Khurram in 1612, he married Arjumand Banu Begum who started from the date set by the astrologer castles. Marriage is different from marriages Khurram another, because at that time he was completely loyal to him and had 14 children. Although there is real love between them, Arjumand Banu Begum was a woman who persuaded her husband expert, he even mentioned once banned Khurram had children from other wives. Some time passed and Arjumand Banu Begum eventually became empress, and the name was changed to Mumtaz Mahal.
Mumtaz Mahal died at the age of 40 years in Burhanpur while giving birth to a daughter named Gauhara Begum, and he was buried temporarily in a park named Zainabad which is located in the Tapti, Burhanpur. Mumtaz Mahal's death makes her son, daughter Jahanara, who was only 17 years became very sad and dispenses gems to those who are less able, hoping for help from God. Not only Jahanara, the same thing also happened to Khurram who was already renamed it Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan News reported that totally inconsolable and did not show up for one week.
Court historian, Muhammad Amin Qazwini mention that before Mumtaz died, no more than 12 gray hairs in his beard now the Emperor and his beard had turned white. Qazwini also wrote that the Emperor will soon need glasses because his eyesight began to decrease due to the cries nonstop for days. Because of this, too, a member of the royal family wrote: "If he continues to ignore her because of this sadness, Mumtaz might think to leave the beauty of Heaven and returned to Earth. Jahan also have to think of the children who abandoned him by Mumtaz. "The death of Shah Jahan Mumtaz change behavior, and opened the second half the history of the Taj Mahal in India when Jahan decided to make the Taj Mahal as a tomb for Mumtaz.
The structure of Taj Mahal Taj Mahal has a traditional design of Persian and Mughal architecture. Even so, that is the main inspiration is the famous buildings of the Timurid and Mughal such as Gur-e Amir, who became the tomb of Timur, one of the descendants of the Mughals dinasit in Samarkand, then Humayun's tomb, and the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, sometimes called the Baby Taj , and Jama Masjid in Delhi belonging to Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan introduced the use of white marble and precious stones, unlike the earlier Mughal buildings that use red brick.
Which became the main focus of the whole complex of the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum that is the final resting place for Mumtaz Mahal. Mughal tombs like the others, this structure while maintaining elements of Persian buildings. Initially the structure is a cube that has some big hall octagonal shape asymmetrical with a length of about 55 meters on 4 sides. On each side there was a pishtaq which is a vaulted archway, membungkis Iwan (doors are curved) with two curved balconies on both sides. Pishtaq motif is replicated piled on the other hand, make this building look symmetrical from all sides.
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