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2 unusual facts about Mumtaz Mahal


Mumtaz Mahal

A crater was named in her honour on asteroid 433 Eros, along with another one after her husband.

Shah Jahan II

The Syed Brothers then looted Agra and seized a large amount of wealth which once had been the personal possessions of Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.


Kalanderpur

It is a spiritual place in Azamgarh District.There is a Dargah of Shah Qualander.This village is supposed to be developed by Dara Shikoh, who was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Muraqqa

For a long time portraits were always of men, often accompanied by generalized female servants or concubines; high status women could not be depicted, and we have no likeness of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shah Jahan, who supposedly built the Taj Mahal as her mausoleum.


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