Late scholar Philippe Gilles Rene Missillier spent more than 50 years amassing one of the world’s most impressive collections ...

Inside the main room, the richly engraved cenotaphs (empty memorial sarcophagi) of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan are located behind an elaborate jali, or marble screen. A second set of cenotaphs is ...

That man was Shah-Jahan, fifth in a line of Muslim rulers called Mughals who controlled northern India from 1526 to 1858. So impressed were European visitors with the exotic opulence of the Mughal ...

Aurangzeb can be compared to previous Mughal emperors including Shah Jahan who is known for ordering the construction of the Taj Mahal complex. Emperor Akbar, known as Akbar the Great, ruled ...

Key emperors like Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb each played significant roles, from expanding territories to enriching cultural achievements. Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire ...

Emperor Shah Jahan, the fifth of the Great Mughals, was devoted to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (the Jewel of the Palace). In 1631, she gave birth to their fourteenth child and died in the process.