POUR TOI TRANSLATION
The love story took a serious turn when, on a campaign at
Burhanpur with her husband, Mumtaz Mahal took his last breath giving
birth to their 14th child. So heartbroken was the emperor
that the whole court wentinto mourning for a
span of over two years. It is said that, within a few months after
the queen's death, the hair and beard of the king had turned
white. And Shah Jahan was recklessly determined on building a
monument in his consort's loving memory that the
world had
never seen.
POUR TOI TRANSLATION
It is said, that after the completion of the construction, when
emperor Shah Jahan viewed the Taj, he ordered his men to
cut off the right hand of the master architect Ustad Isa, so
the later may not be able to erect such a stately and
imposing edifice again in his life. There's another legend
that says Shah Jahan was contemplating to build yet another Taj
Mahal across the river in black marble.
