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The Taj Mahal celebrates the great love of India’s Mughal ruler Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Arjumand Banu Begum, better known to history as Mumtaz Mahal or “jewel of the palace.”  Jahan first spotted Mumtaz in the bazaar at Agra, selling silks and beads, and the young prince fell madly in love at first sight with the Persian aristocrat.  Steadfast in his five-year pursuit of her, Jahan married Mumtaz in 1612.  Although Mumtaz has been immortalized as a paragon of feminine beauty, historians recognize that she was also an astute and accomplished political practitioner, like many imperial Mughal women before her.  Jahan’s favorite wife was entrusted with the royal seal, worked alongside th...