SHAJAKHAN AND HIS PRIVATE LIVES
Dr John Murray’s images of the Taj Mahal taken between 1858 and 1862 are recognised as the first photographs of the monument. Source : old myths about the Taj Mahal (and Shah Jahan) Kandahari Mahal Akbarabadi Mahal Mumtaz Mahal Hasina Begum Muti Begum Kudasiye Begum Fatehpuri Mahal Sirhindi Begum Smt. Manabhavithi Kandahari Mahal : Kandahari Begum (also spelled Qandahari Begum; 1593 – ?; also known as Kandahari Mahal; Arabic, Urdu: قندهاری بیگم; meaning "Lady from Kandahar") was the first wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. By birth, she was a princess of the prominent Safavid dynasty of Iran (Persia) and was the youngest daughter of Safavid prince Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza Safavi, who was the son of Sultan Husain Mirza, the son of Bahram Mirza, the son of Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty of Persia. Kandahari Begum’s Tomb Compound in Agra Source : Uneven Affections in Mughal Polygyny Akbarabadi Mahal : Iz...