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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, India that was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as the tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It houses both her tomb and his own, and is the centerpiece of a large, formal garden complex bounded by walls on three sides. The complex also includes a mosque and guest house.

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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, India that was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as the tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It houses both her tomb and his own, and is the centerpiece of a large, formal garden complex bounded by walls on three sides. The complex also includes a mosque and guest house.

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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, India that was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as the tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It houses both her tomb and his own, and is the centerpiece of a large, formal garden complex bounded by walls on three sides. The complex also includes a mosque and guest house.

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    For other uses, see Taj Mahal (disambiguation).

    The Taj Mahal (/ˌtɑːdʒ mǝˈhɑːl, ˌtɑːʒ-/; lit. 'Crown of


    the Palace'),[4][5][6] is an Islamic ivory-white marble
    mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in
    the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631
    by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658)
    to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz
    Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan
    himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare
    (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a
    guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded
    on three sides by a crenellated wall.

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