What happened to Shah Jahan after the Taj Mahal was completed?

Soon after the Taj Mahal’s completion, Shah Jahan was deposed by his son Aurangzeb and put under house arrest at nearby Agra Fort. Upon Shah Jahan’s death, Aurangzeb buried him in the mausoleum next to his wife.

What happened to the man who designed the Taj Mahal?

Shah Jahan lived out the last years of his life under house arrest in a tower of the Red Fort at Agra, with a view of the majestic resting place he had constructed for his wife; when he died in 1666, he was buried next to her.

Did Shah Jahan want to build a black Taj Mahal?

Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal. A French traveller by the name of Jean Baptiste Tavernier who visited Agra in 1665 first mentioned the idea of Black Taj in his fanciful writings.

Who looted Taj Mahal?

The Jats (a Hindu community from North India who were at odds with the Mughals) looted it in 1764, stripping off two silver doors.

Is there a grave in the Taj Mahal?

This gigantic mausoleum only houses two people’s remains: Mumtaz Mahal’s and Shah Jahan’s.

What happened to Shah Jahan before he died?

Shah Jahan recovered from his illness, but Emperor Aurangzeb put his father under house arrest in Agra Fort from July 1658 until his death in January 1666. He was laid to rest next to his wife in the Taj Mahal.

Who deposed Shah Jahan?

Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb was victorious, and in 1658 he dethroned Shah Jahān despite his recovery from illness and confined him in Agra Fort until his death in 1666.

Where the Peacock Throne is now?

In 1739, Nadir Shah completed his conquest of Mughal empire by capturing Delhi and took the peacock throne, along with other treasures, to Persia. It is said that it was then dismantled and parts of it incorporated into the Persian Naderi Peacock Throne, now kept in the national treasury of the Central Bank of Iran.

How much gold is in the Taj Mahal?

Organizers boasted that more than 40 pounds of silver and 3.3 pounds of gold were used to adorn the impressive replica, which mimicked the main mausoleum and four towering minarets of the actual Taj Mahal. A Thailand-based firm donated 35,000 cubic zirconia in 8mm, 9mm and 10mm sizes to support the project.