Taj Mahal at Sun Rising

Arranged for her education in a royal manner and she developed in her all the qualities and merits of a royal family.

When she became young, she attracted Prince Khurram and both of them started loving each other.

Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal were inseparable lovers and it is clear from the incident that when Shah had to go to suppress a rebellion of Khan-e-Jahan Lodi at Burhanpur in the Deccan, then Mumtaz was also at the side of Shah Jahan in Burhanpur in that campaign.

At the same time she gave birth to their fourteenth child, Gauhar Ara Begum, and fell seriously ill, it is said that the time of her death, Mumtaz Mahal expressed her last wish to the Royal Emperor Shah Jahan that he will build a beautiful and uncomparable monument over her grave as a token of their worldly inseparable love.

Till her last breath, she requested the king for his kindness to her children and royal consideration towards her parents.

And thus, after transferring the responsibility of the care of Shah Jahan to her elder daughter Jahan Ara, Mumtaz Mahal expired on Tuesday, 7th June, 1631 (17 Dhu' - Qa'da 1040), and left Shah Jahan alone to mourn.

After the death of Mumtaz Mhal - 'The Lady of the Raj', Shah Jahan could not bear this great loss of his dear wife and his health began to decline.

For complete two years,, he abstained himself from all kinds of pleasures and functions. On each Friday, Shah Jahan used to go to her grave on foot in white dress, to read 'Fatiha', accompanied by his courtiers and nobles.