A war with friends all over the world. Online and interactive. German to go. Learn german for free w. It can also be. Visibly the gift of heaven the taj mahal. Story behind it is long among. The mobile successors of genghis khan had conquered northern india in the early sixteenth century they transferred the capital from delhi to agra two hundred kilometers to the south agra paradise the garden of eden. Green room. The mogul ruelas fourth was but they were also philosophically minded and enjoyed the good things in life the grand mogul ackbar had wise men to be vigilantes coolidge this interest in the wider world was reflected in mogul art architecture and food. Wasnt at. The end. At bars son jack getting out of belfast outside his palace which any of his subjects who saw justice of the mogul might ring. It was our grandson prince cora who built the taj mahal as an enduring memorial to the great love of his life. The story began in sixteen zero seven in the emperial bazaar there the prince met the radiantly beautiful princess Arjun Munda Begum it was love at first sight. Was. Five years later the princess for his second wife and the in a most sweets of the palace became her home. The writing was magnificent as we know from numerous contemporary pictures. And sixteen twenty eight ascended the Peacock Throne and so forth he was known as shall jack the mogul north of all the world and his favorite wife megan was known as montez my heart the power of the palace. Their happiness lasted nineteen years then as my heart died giving birth to their fourteenth child. Sharjah honeymooned her deeply the grief nearly cost him his sanity. Legend has it that on her deathbed. Asked her husband to build a unique memorial to their unique love. But perhaps the grand mogul simply wanted to keep his distracted wits occupied what better way of overcoming grief at the transience of earthly happiness and the immortality of art and so he built a monument to undying love there are twenty two couples on the main gate one for every year it took to build the town. And through this gate we enter paradise. The norms were laid out in the Nineteenth Century by a british governor general who found grass was more appropriate than the countless trees and Sweet Smelling flowers planted by sharjah hand. The. The. The. Above the water courses in the garden of paradise to the islamic mind is the stroke of god. The taj mahal is not in the middle of the garden as would have been usual but on the raised terrace at the northern end some say that shot not only wanted. Resting place to be new to god but also had himself in mind the lord of all the world gods deputy on the earth. From the very beginning the attracted pilgrims many simply wanted to see a mausoleum that had cost a fortune to others its perfect harmony was a sign of true enlightenment. Some saw the task as a mount as shine women who die in childbirth have always been revered in islam. We do not know the name of the architect but it is widely believed that the grand mogul designed it himself leaving the details to a team of architects there are good reasons to think this may be true. And was enthusiastic about architecture and had personally supervised every public building project in his reign. And building the towers would have taken his mind off his grief nonetheless he laid no claim to an architect saying. It cannot have been built by any master of this world for the plan was visibly the gift of heaven. These words he had carved on the inside of the mostly him construction required a workforce of twenty thousand to transport cut and calf the cost based on no one knows how many died during the years of building. The heavy slabs of marble for the dome have to be moved up a three kilometer round. The inlay work uses precious stones from all over asia the artists and craftsmen came from india and as far as the middle east. The turkish mahal is not marble through and through the visible slabs are a facing on brick walls. Construction of the taj made agra indias Major Trading and Craftsman Center for precious stones and that it has remained to this day the inlay work has suffered particularly over the centuries and many valuable stones have been stolen. The craftsmen are still expert in laying white marble with translucent flowers of jade amber and lapis nine thousand and. Eight elm assist and coral and the simple red sandstone black marble and porcelain being used to create a garden of eden in stone. Eight. Our diocese are known to islamic tradition and at the taj eight rooms and close the of the tavern or main chamber. The first screen in the main chamber beneath the dome was made of gold but sharjah hand himself had it removed for fear that it be stolen. The marble screen he replaced it with was sold by his son who in turn had a less opulent screen installed in its place. The screen surrounds the center tough where the empty sarcophagi of martyrs mahal and sharjah han lie their mortal remains are in the crypt below. Forgive those who have mended their ways and chosen your path lord and let them go into the gardens of eden the mausoleum is covered with inscriptions referring to the garden of eden on his son covered as the lord of all the world becomes the guardian of heaven the time is paradise for god as my highland sharjah han a foretaste in this world of life in the next. The quotations from the koran inscribed on the taj mahal are not merely an avowal of immortality no images of god man or beast are committed on the sacred buildings of is now the inscriptions on the mantle calligraphy is seen as the highest service of god to calligrapher a man as can indeed was granted the great honor of commission to sign his will. Shall johanne was deposed by his son to avert the impending bankruptcy of the empire for the taj mahal it was not sharjah hands only great project originally he planned a second for himself on the other bank of the river made of black marble. The toppled mogul spent his last eight years in the red fort at agra within sight of the taj mahal and in the towers he was duly buried. Will be happier beside his beloved his son reportedly said than in a more as a leader of his own. Perhaps that very gesture up held the legend of an undying love certainly it would have been strange if the lovers have been for ever kept apart by a river between. And so the taj mahal has remained a unique monument as the poet robin drowned after gori put it on the cheek of time. Was. First they cheated on diesel emissions and they experimented on monkeys and humans. Fox wagon faces global economy. And it can still business is Booming Group sales top ten million cars last year how do they do it county companies shrug off scandalous gloomy glow. Munching fashion. Pastry chef. Culture and take critics to mexico pastries for actually stance. Greater attention to detail goes into. Some of. The results this is to imagine. In sixty minutes. 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