History of India . MUMTAZ - I - MAHAL, THE LADT OP THE TAJ. singing-girls enlivened hissenUe revels. Like manyanother aged voluptuary,he became wondrously de-vout at times, and holyMullas came and read theblessed Koran to granted him everything, in fact, except lib-erty. The two became partly reconciled, and the fatherbestowed his blessing and forgiveness on the son, butthey never met. Shah Jahan died in 1666 at the ageof seventy-six. The new emperor hastened to Agrato pay respect to his obsequies, and the body was laidin a tomb near the beautiful Taj which the late sov-ereign ha
History of India . MUMTAZ - I - MAHAL, THE LADT OP THE TAJ. singing-girls enlivened hissenUe revels. Like manyanother aged voluptuary,he became wondrously de-vout at times, and holyMullas came and read theblessed Koran to granted him everything, in fact, except lib-erty. The two became partly reconciled, and the fatherbestowed his blessing and forgiveness on the son, butthey never met. Shah Jahan died in 1666 at the ageof seventy-six. The new emperor hastened to Agrato pay respect to his obsequies, and the body was laidin a tomb near the beautiful Taj which the late sov-ereign had set up in memory of his wife. The day after Shah Jahan had been safely lockedup, Aurangzib entered Agra, seized Daras house and The Fort at Agra This massive stronghold^ with its high towers and battlements of redsandstone, surrounded by a deep moat to, give it extra defensive strength,is a noble example of a Moghul fortress and one of the most imposingof the grand buildings at Agra. - -i. The Fort at Agra This massive stronghold, with its high towers and battlements of redsandstone, surrounded by a deep moat to give it extra defensive strength,is a noble example of a Moghul fortress and one of the ^imost imposingof the grand buildings at Agra. -j
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