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was born in lahore india
his origanl name was khurrm -
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married Arjumand Banu Begum when he was in his middle teens. Five years later he married her and gave her the name of "Mumtaz Mahal".
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his father Jahangir passed away leaving him with a very powerful and rich empire at the time
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while giving birth to their 14th child mumtaz mahal died
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after his third wife passed away he wanted to build a memorial for her to rest in peace inside (basicaly a tomb)
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Shah Jahan moved his capital from Agra to a city in Delhi known as Shahjahanabad many of the works/architects that worked on the capital also worked on the famus taj mahal
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built a new cityn on the banks of the Yamuna river it is known as the red for palace
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his younger son killed his brother and imprisoned his his father so that he could cake over the throne. he was held in the red fort which was one of the buildings he had built but he was able to see the taj mahal
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he had secsusfully built a momrial for his best wife Mumtaz Mahal it is now were she lies to day it also was the built in the capitail of india for many years
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passed away well in prisioned by his son with his eyse on the taj mahal were he was buried next to his wife
