Taj Mahal

Taj mahal 
he Taj Mahal (/ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl, ˌtɑːʒ -/ TAHJ mə-HAHL, TAHZH -⁠; Hindustani: [taːdʒ ˈmɛɦ(ɛ)l]; lit. 'Crown of the Palace') a̱ yin ye̱t a̱kinkyai ṉkpa̱ng u̱ a̱ yin ku̱p a̱kpa̱i gbyu̱k ya̱k nghe̱p nce̱n Ya̱muna̱ ka̱ya̱ Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658), to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre)