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Arjumand Bana Begum (Mumtaz Mahal)

100 x 120 cm, 2005

Arjumand Bana Begum, also known as Mumtaz Mahal, was the wife of the Moghul emperor Shah Djahan. She died giving birth to their fourteenth child. After her dead the Shah was so devastated that he ordered to build the Taj Mahal for her.