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The Black Taj Mahal is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal .
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The tomb was built by Mughal nobleman Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, for his son Shah Nawaz Khan, who died around 1618-1620.The monument dates to Khan-i-Khanan's nine-year tenure in Burhanpur as the Mughal subahdar (governor) of the Deccan, and is one of several constructions he carried out in the city.
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The Taj Mahal in Agra Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta, Pakistan. Shah Jahan period architecture is an architectural period of Mughal architecture. It is associated with Shah Jahan's thirty-year reign over the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1658. The most notable structures of this period include the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red Fort in Old Delhi.
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