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17th century · 1593–1631
Mumtaz Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal（本名 Arjumand Banu） · India
Wife of Shah Jahan, for whom the Taj Mahal was built
Born into a Persian noble family in Agra, she married the future Shah Jahan in 1612 and was given the title Mumtaz Mahal, 'the exalted one of the palace'. In 1631, while accompanying the army, she died at Burhanpur after giving birth to her 14th child. She was first buried there temporarily and later moved to the Taj Mahal.
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The fourteenth child
In 1631 Shah Jahan's empress Mumtaz Mahal accompanied the army to Burhanpur in the Deccan, where, after giving birth to her 14th child, a daughter named Gauhar Ara, she died of postpartum haemorrhage aged just 38. Her body was first buried temporarily in a garden on the banks of the Tapti River at Burhanpur. The grief-stricken Shah Jahan began building the Taj Mahal for her in 1632.
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