The word "building-e-alishan" is as unfamiliar as "Taj Mahal " But if " building-e-alishan" is later translated as "Taj Mahal," wonder! According to Shah Jahan's court historian Abdul Hamid Lahori's Badshahnama, this "building-e-alishan" is today's Taj Mahal "It is said that Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built this Taj Mahal of love in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz.

But Mughal historian Abdul Hamid Lahori's Badshahnama speaks otherwise about Shah Jahan and the Taj Mahal Is that another story?.

Today's article covers the "Taj Mahal" from the "Imitation-e-Alishan " Shah Jahan's harem consisted of five thousand women. Mumtaz was one of them. Mumtaz suffered 14 childbirths in her marriage of less than 18 years, and her pregnancy was terminated by death. Mumtaz died on 7 June 1630 (as per tradition) in Burhanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was buried there. Her body was later brought to Akbarabad (Agra) and buried at the Taj Mahal. Mumtaz's original names were Mumtaz-ul-Zamani and Arjumant Banu Begum. Shah Jahan renamed her Mumtaz or Mumtamahlaj, meaning ".

ornament of the palace ".

Mumtaz died in childbirth, giving birth to her daughter Gauhara, the fourteenth child Mumtaz's untimely death gave Shah Jahan the opportunity to occupy a large palace once owned by Jai Singh, the grandson of Akbar's Rajput general Mansingh It was Jai Singh's palace that Shah Jahan turned into Mumtaz's second grave.

According to researchers Elliott and Dawson, the Badshahnama written by Mullah Abdul Hamid Lahori, the court chamberlain of Shah Jahan, chronicles the first twenty years of Shah Jahan's reign.

The Badshahnama, on pages 402 and 403, chronicles Shah Jahan's capture of the palace from Jayasimha.

Page 403, line 21: Friday, 15 Jamadial Awal, Sacred corpse of the Passenger of the Kingdom of Heaven Line 22: Hazrat Mumtazul Zamani, who was temporarily immolated, was sent Line 23: Shahzada Mohammad Shah Shuja Bahadur, Wazir Khan, accompanied Line 24: And Satunnisa Khanam, who was aware of the mood of the deceased.

Line 25: Her skill in the work of the (maid) and through her knowledge of the noble Begum Line 26: An order was issued the day after the body was brought to the capital Akbarabad (Agra) Line 27: That the fakir and the dooshtha be paid richly when the body was taken away.

Line 28: To the south of the vast city was a very beautiful and colorful garden and Line 29: The garden surrounded Raja Mansingh's palace, known as Manzil, whose present heir was Jaisingh Line 30: The choice of Mansingh's grandson was Begum Jaisingh Although the emperor was not too happy to give up this precious heritage, Shah Jahan was very happy to give it up for free.

In a word, what Shah Jahan made the "Taj Mahal" was actually a grand palace of Jai Singh, the grandson of the Rajput general Man Singh of Akbar's time The "Badshahnama" of Mullah Abdul Hamid Lahori, the historian of Shah Jahan's court, testifies to this What Abdul Hamid Lahori called "Imitation-e-Alishan," later became Emperor Shah Jahan's "Taj Mahal.

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