![]() Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built as a tomb for her, which is considered to be a monument of undying love. Mumtaz Mahal died in 1631 in Burhanpur, Deccan (present-day Madhya Pradesh), during the birth of her fourteenth child, a daughter named Gauhar Ara Begum. ![]() Mumtaz and her husband had fourteen children, including Jahanara Begum (Shah Jahan's favourite daughter), and the Crown prince Dara Shikoh, the heir-apparent, anointed by his father, who temporarily succeeded him, until deposed by Mumtaz Mahal's sixth child, Aurangzeb, who ultimately succeeded his father as the sixth Mughal emperor in 1658. Although betrothed to Shah Jahan since 1607, she ultimately became his second wife in 1612. She was married at the age of 19 on 30 April 1612 to Prince Khurram, later known by his regnal name Shah Jahan, who conferred upon her the title 'Mumtaz Mahal' (Persian: the exalted one of the palace). She was the daughter of Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan, a wealthy Persian noble who held high office in the Mughal Empire, and the niece of Empress Nur Jahan, the chief wife of Emperor Jahangir and the power behind the emperor. Mumtaz Mahal was born Arjumand Banu Begum in Agra to a family of Persiannobility. ![]() Akbarabad, Mughal Empire (present-day Agra, India)īurhanpur, Mughal Empire (present-day India)
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