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Shah Jahan

NOUN
  1. Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666)

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  • The fact that Shah Jahan directly oversaw the art production of the Mughal atelier, put his artists under strict imperial control.
  • However, we have to wait till the reign of Shah Jahan for the full genius of Mughal architecture to come forth.
  • Shah Jahan would recover from his illness only to spend his last days as an old and decrepit man, imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb, in the fort in Agra.
  • Among his lauded acquisitions at the museum, Shah Jahan's jade cup holds pride of place.
  • Prof. Monica Junejah (Art Historian, University of Delhi): The Taj Mahal was a mammoth project of Shah Jahan's reign.
  • Koch analyses that in Shah Jahan era, painting third dimension reality is flattened and arranged around a central axis that divides the picture into two equal parts.
  • The Taj Mahal was constructed as a monument of eternal love by the Emperor Shah Jahan Taj Mahal for his dearly departed wife.
  • Afterward, Shah Jahan gazed upon the grandeur of the white marble architectural wonder, his Taj Mahal.
  • The crowded, narrow lanes of the neighborhood surrounding the shrine are only a warm-up for a visit to Shahjahanabad, the walled city built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and now usually called Old Delhi, though it is by no means the oldest part of the city. NYT > Travel
  • But the Deccan was his responsibility; after sending him here eight years ago to overthrow Raja Jhujhar, Emperor Shah Jahan had officially given him the viceroyalty of the Deccan, and Aurangzeb had made Burhanpur his headquarters. Shadow Princess
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