Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is located in the Jumna bank, be near Agra, India, is promoted by the tomb of Maharaja Shah Jahan (1614-1666) as a memorial to Mumtaz Mahal, the fifth wife. At dibena in 1632 and 1648 ready.

There is sometimes called by his acronym Mahal 'Taj' sahaja, he is the best example of Mughal Senibina that combines senibena Persia, Turkey, India and the Islamic senibena and style. Main Arkitek this building is Ustaz Ahmad Lahauri. The Taj Mahal is a complex which has a portion bersepadu grave, councils, recreational parks, mosques, towers and review others. Mengisytiharkan UNESCO in 1983 as the Taj Mahal World Heritage Tread should be protected. The building is said to be 'jewel senibina Islam'.

Origin and Inspiration

Shah Jahan in 1631 to become the Maharaja of the Mughal dynasty after the death of a beloved wife. His wife Mumtaz Mahal died while giving birth to their children, while 14 Begum Shah Jahan Gauhara been in combat in 1631 when it was Shah Jahan in the interests of soil build up colonies.

In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor during Mughal dynasty peak greatness, grief-stricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their fourteenth child, Gauhara Begum. Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632, a year after his death. Author palace of Shah Jahan describe sadness love story traditionally considered to be the inspiration for the Taj Mahal. The main mausoleum is prepared in the year 1648 and the surrounding buildings and gardens prepared the next five years. Maharaja Shah Jahan himself described the Taj Mahal in the following words:

If the guilty sought refuge here,
Like people forgiven, he was free from sin.
If a sinner looking for a way to house this agam,
All the sins of the past cleared.
View of this house creates complaints agam sadness;
And the moon and the sun the tears flow.
In this world of this building has been promoted;
To describe the greatness of the Creator.

Taj Mahal they merge and develop the tradition of Persian art and art bina bina early Mughal. Special inspiration comes from the Timurid dynasty and the Mughal buildings including; Gur-e Amir (the tomb of Timur, pengasas Mughal dynasty, in Samarkand), Humayun's tomb, Tomb Itmad-Ud-Daula (is sometimes recognized as the Baby Taj), and Jama Masjid, Delhi, Shah Jahan built his own in Delhi. While earlier Mughal buildings are usually promoted from red sandstone, Shah Jahan recommend the use of white marble decorated with stone separa value, and buildings under the shade reached a new stage of refinement.