Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument to love ever created. 

The lovers in this story are the 17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She took a leading role in advising him, which is something unusual for a woman to do for a husband who's an emperor. Over the course of their nineteen-year marriage she gave birth to 14 children. But in 1631 while trying to deliver their fifteenth -- she tragically died. He was heartbroken when she died. And after her death, he decided to build the world's greatest monument ever built, for love. 

He ordered the royal architects to design the most beautiful building the world had known and decided to name it after his beloved, Mumtaz Mahal. He called on twenty thousand workers and sent many more people to all corners of his country in search of valuable metals and jewels. And after seventeen years of hard work, Shah Jehan's monument was completed and his beloved empress was moved to her final resting place. 

Everything had gone according to plan, but Shah Jehan's luck was about to change ... In 1658, just four years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, he was thrown out of power. Unfortunately, his son, Aran Azibe imprisoned him, his own father. And he spent the last seven years of his life in prison. And he was allowed to look at the Taj Mahal through a window. His life was in ruins, but when he died his last wish was promised. He was buried beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal.
Where is the Taj Mahal?
Who is the wife int he story?
and the husband?
What was unusual about her?
Who was he?
Did they have a lot of children?
how many?
What happened to Mumtaz?
from what?
Where was she buried?
What about the husband when he died?
What did the husband do after the wife died?
How long did it take?
and how many people helped?
what happened four years after completion?
by who?
where did he put his father?
for how many years did he stay?
What was his final wish?
was he?
Agra
Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra
Mumtaz Mahal
emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal
Shah Jehan
Indian emperor Shah Jehan
She took a leading role in advising him
She took a leading role in advising him
the emperor
17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan
yes
she gave birth to 14 children
14
she gave birth to 14 children.
she died
she tragically died
while trying to deliver their fifteenth child
while trying to deliver their fifteenth
the Taj Mahal
the Taj Mahal
He was buried beside her
He was buried beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal.
he decided to build the world's greatest monument
he decided to build the world's greatest monument ever built
seventeen years
And after seventeen years of hard work, Shah Jehan's monument was completed
twenty thousand
He called on twenty thousand workers
he was thrown out of power
just four years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, he was thrown out of power
his son
Unfortunately, his son, Aran Azibe imprisoned him
in prison
his son, Aran Azibe imprisoned him, his own father.
seven
And he spent the last seven years of his life in prison
to be buried beside his wife
his last wish was promised. He was buried beside his beloved wife
yes
his last wish was promised. He was buried beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal