Shah Jahan
Americannoun
noun
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Kawther Hashmi, representing the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking, told BBC Radio Surrey at the vigil: "It's just heartbreaking that something like this could happen on our doorstep."
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
The Taj Mahal was built as a monument to love by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan between 1632 and 1654 for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and houses their graves and a mosque.
From The Guardian • May 23, 2016
Like the Red Fort, the Taj Mahal was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, a Mughal emperor, as a mausoleum for his beloved wife, and it was also finished in 1648.
From New York Times • May 17, 2016
Shah Jahan, however, fell genuinely in love with his Persian princess.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Instead, he immerses himself in the guidebook, studying the history of Mughal architecture, learning the succession of emperors’ names: Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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