The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Mumtaz was Shah Jahans third and favourite wife and their love story is legendary. It is generally believed that she was a beautiful and devoted wife who was content to have lots of children with her husband - she died giving birth to their 14th child. But there was another side to her thats not well-known - that she was not at all the beautiful-dutiful wife. She was a very good chess player, far better than Shah Jahan, and that she was ambitious and ruthless, says director M Sayeed Alam. Historians agree that imperial women in the Mughal period exercised significant political authority. Mumtaz wielded considerable political power and influence and there are plenty of historical documents confirming her involvement in administrative matters and government orders, Delhi University professor Farhat Hasan says.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:02:36 +0000
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