Talk:Black Taj Mahal

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There are two, absolutely wrong information, given about Black TAJ Mahal. </ref> 1. The traces which are identified as the foundations of the 2nd Taj are actually the enclosing wall of a garden founded by Babur.”

The garden developed by Babur in 1526, is also called Bagh-e-hasht-bahisht. It is not Mahtab bagh, but it is adjoining plot to the west.

Source: Ebba Koch 2006, The Complete Taj Mahal and The Riverfront Garden, p. 54

2. The irregular position of Shah Jahan's cenotaph in comparison to Mumtaz Mahal's, is similar to that at the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, and thus should not be of any striking significance. Besides, according to Islamic law, bodies are buried with their faces towards Mecca and legs towards the south, and the husband is placed on the right hand side of his wife. The interpretation that the cenotaph of Shah Jahan was not meant to be placed here appears to be superfluous.

It is true that husbands are laid left to the wife in burial. And this pattern was used both in the Taj Mahal and Ittemad-ud-daula. Positioning of the two cenotaphs is not a disagreeable factor in the Taj Mahal, but the actual disturbing element is the platform of Shah Jahan’s cenotaph which is without a border and more so superimposed on the inlaid border that surrounds the platform of the cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal. The abnormal placement of Shah Jahan’s cenotaph causes a sort of congestion which has left an abnormally narrow space between the north-west corner of the platform of Shah Jahan’s cenotaph and the fencing made of marble screen. In both the tombs, the Taj Mahal and Ittemad-ud-daula, the positioning of cenotaphs is alike (wife at the centre and husband on the left) but the decorative elements are mismatching.

Source: I N Khan 2014, Black Taj Mahal: The Emperor's Missing Tomb, P. 72

Comparative diagrams of the decorative pattern of the floors of the two mausoleums can be asked by sending mail on the below email-id.

• I have spent 30 years in conducting research on this topic, my findings have been published in January 2014 by the name {BLACK TAJ MAHAL: The Emperor’s Missing Tom}'. The foreword of the book has been written by one of the renowned officer of Archaelogical Survey of India; Dr. K K Mohammed (retired in 2012).

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tajwoodpecker@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajman15 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)