History of India . SHAH JAHAN. his attention to his most dangerous rival, the still popu-lar Shah Jahan. The father tried to induce his son to visit him, butAurangzib, suspecting a trap, sent his son Mohammad, 118 SHAH JAHAN who entered the fort of Agra on the 18th of June, over-came the guard, and tiirned the palace into a Jahan never left the castle during his sevenremaining years of life. He was allowed every enjoy-ment that his sensuous nature demanded, loaded withpresents, and supplied with such amusements as most entertained him. Hisdaughter, the Begam Sa-hib, and aU his nume
History of India . SHAH JAHAN. his attention to his most dangerous rival, the still popu-lar Shah Jahan. The father tried to induce his son to visit him, butAurangzib, suspecting a trap, sent his son Mohammad, 118 SHAH JAHAN who entered the fort of Agra on the 18th of June, over-came the guard, and tiirned the palace into a Jahan never left the castle during his sevenremaining years of life. He was allowed every enjoy-ment that his sensuous nature demanded, loaded withpresents, and supplied with such amusements as most entertained him. Hisdaughter, the Begam Sa-hib, and aU his numerouswomen, kept him com-pany. Cooks skilfullyministered to his appe-tite, and dancers and. 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
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