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'''Arjumand Banu Begum''' (also called '''Mumtaz Mahal''') was the second wife of [[Shah Jahan]], the [[Mughal]] [[emperor]]. Mumtaz Mahal (meaning '[[Jewel]] of the [[palace]]') was the [[nickname]] her husband gave to her.{{fact|date=April 2009}}
== Life ==
Mumtaz Mahal was born in [[April]] [[1593]] in [[Agra, India]]. Her father was the [[Persian people|Persian]] [[noble]] [[Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan]], the brother of [[Nur Jahan]], the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] [[Empress]] wife of [[Jahangir]].

Mumtaz betrothed (nikah) with shah jahan at the age of 14 in 1607 when Shah Jahan was 15 , [[Shah Jahan]], later married two other women.May 10, 1612 at the age of 19 the official marriage ceremony was held.

== Marriage ==
[[Image:Taj Mahal in March 2004.jpg|thumb|right|The Taj Mahal, the monument to Mumtaz built by her husband]]
Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal were married for 19 years. They had thirteen children together. 7 of the children died at birth or at a very young age. Mumtaz travelled with Shah Jahan and his army as he carried out [[military campaign]]s. Mumtaz Mahal supported Shah Jahan and they respected each other very much. Mumtaz Mahal died on June 17, [[1631]] in Burhanpur in the Deccan (now in [[Madhya Pradesh]]) during the birth of their fourteenth child, a daughter named Gauhara Begum.
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== Death ==
She had been with her husband as he was fighting a campaign in the Deccan Plateau. Her body was kept at Burhanpur in a walled pleasure garden known as Zainabad. A popular story says that on her deathbed, her last wish to the emperor was for a [[symbol]] or a [[monument]] to their love. She also asked her husband not to marry anyone else. The emperor promised immediately. Her body was buried in the [[Taj Mahal]] in Agra. It is also belived that Mumtaz Mahal died, aged 40, while giving birth to Gauhara Begum in Burhanpur, the cause of death being Postpartum hemorrhage, which caused considerable blood-loss after a painful labour of thirty hours. Contemporary historians note that Princess Jahanara, aged 17, was so distressed by her mother's pain that she started distributing gems to the poor, hoping for divine intervention and Shah Jahan, himself, was noted as being "paralysed by grief" and weeping fits.

=== Effects ===
After she died, Shah Jahan went into [[mourning]] for 2 years. When he appeared again, his hair had turned white, his back was bent, and his face worn. Jahan's eldest daughter, Jahanara Begum, slowly brought him out of mourning and took the place of Mumtaz at court.

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