He was Shah Jehan who ordered the construction of Taj, in l' honor of its wife, Arjumand Banu which became later known under the name of Mumtaz Mahal, Distinguished of the Palate. Mumtaz and Shah Jehan married in 1612 and, during the 18 next years, had 14 children together. L' empress used to accompany her husband in his military campaigns, and it was in 1630, in Burhanpur, qu' it gave rise to her last child, because it died in layers. Such an amount of was large l' love Emperor with his wife it had ordered the construction of the most beautiful mausoleum on the ground for her.

Well qu' it is not known with certainty which planned Taj, the name d' an Indian architect d' origin Persian, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, were quoted with many sources. As soon as construction began in 1630, of the masons, craftsmen, sculptors and calligraphers were convened of Persia, l' Ottoman Empire, and in Europe to work on the chief-d' work. The site was selected near the capital, Agra on south-western bank of the Yamuna river. L' together architectural is composed of five principal elements: Darwaza or of the principal footbridge, Bageecha or the garden, the mosque or the mosque, Khana Niqar or convalescent home, and Rauza or the mausoleum Taj Mahal. The Tomb real is located at l' interior of Taj.

The single style moghol combines elements of Persia, d' Central Asia, and of l' Islamic architecture. Most impressive are the black and white, ground out of marble chess-board, the four high minarets (40 m in height) with the angles of the structure, and the majestic dome in the medium. On Closer Look, the lettering of the verses of Coran in the arcades seems to be uniform, independently their height. spacing between the letters and the density was personalized to give this impression to the spectator. Other illusory effects were entered in the geometry of the tomb and the minarets height. Works d' art, will pietra lasted includes/understands geometric standards, plants and flowers, especially the communes in l' Islamic architecture. The level of sophistication in art becomes an obviousness when one realizes qu' a decorative element 3 cm contains more than 50 encrusted invaluable stones.