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{| | This is a timeline based on the construction of the Taj Mahal. Please note that the year convention is "Common Era / After Mohammed." | ||
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| | |event='''1631 / 1040''': June 17 - Death of Mumtaz Mahal after childbirth at Burhanpur in the Deccan. | ||
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|event='''1632 / 1041''': | |||
*'''January''' - Mumtaz's body is moved from Burhanpur to Agra. Work starts on the foundations. | |||
*'''June 22''' - First 'Urs ceremony. | |||
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|- | |event='''1633 / 1042''': May 26 - Second 'Urs ceremony. Mumtaz's body is interred in the base of the mausoleum. | ||
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|event='''1638-39 / 1048-9''': The calligrapher Amanat Khan signs the frame of the south arch of the domed hall of the mausoleum thereby indicating it was reaching completion. | |||
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|event='''1643 / 1053''': Twelfth 'Urs. Complex is substantially completed. The gold rail surrounding Mumtaz's tomb is replaced with the inlaid marble Jali screen seen today | |||
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|event='''1644 / 1054''': Jahan visits the tomb | |||
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|event='''1645 / 1055''': Jahan visits the tomb a second time | |||
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|event='''1648 / 1058''': Amanat Khan dates the north arch of the great gate with the inscription "Finished with His help, the Most High". | |||
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|event='''1654 / 1064''': Jahan visits the tomb for a third time | |||
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|event='''1666 / 1076''': | |||
*'''January''' - Jahan falls ill | |||
*'''31 January''' - Jahan dies | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 28 April 2008
This is a timeline based on the construction of the Taj Mahal. Please note that the year convention is "Common Era / After Mohammed."
1631 / 1040: June 17 - Death of Mumtaz Mahal after childbirth at Burhanpur in the Deccan.
1632 / 1041:
1633 / 1042: May 26 - Second 'Urs ceremony. Mumtaz's body is interred in the base of the mausoleum.
1638-39 / 1048-9: The calligrapher Amanat Khan signs the frame of the south arch of the domed hall of the mausoleum thereby indicating it was reaching completion.
1643 / 1053: Twelfth 'Urs. Complex is substantially completed. The gold rail surrounding Mumtaz's tomb is replaced with the inlaid marble Jali screen seen today
1644 / 1054: Jahan visits the tomb
1645 / 1055: Jahan visits the tomb a second time
1648 / 1058: Amanat Khan dates the north arch of the great gate with the inscription "Finished with His help, the Most High".
1654 / 1064: Jahan visits the tomb for a third time
1666 / 1076:
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