Taj Mahal : Last Moments of Shahjahan
admin December 31st, 2007
Shahjahan had four sons and several years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, Shahjahan fell ill. The four sons entered into conflict and 3 of these sons were killed leaving only Aurangzeb who took advantage and deposed his father c. 1658. The Shah Jahan was imprisoned in the Agra Fort until his death.
The Agra Fort would have been a pleasant place to be restrained and he was allowed all his wives and concubines. He shared this retreat with one of his daughters and could view the Taj without difficulty, albeit from some distance.
A tiny mirror glass in a gallery of the Red Fort in Agra reflects the Taj mahal. Shahjahan is said to have spent his last eight years of life as a prisoner in that gallery peering at the reflected Tajmahal and sighing in the name of Mumtaz. When he was 74 he died.