what is the meaning of tajmahal
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The Taj Mahal 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 to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.Its name is believed to have been drawn from Persian: 'taj' meaning crown and 'mahal' meaning palace, thus making this the 'palace of the crown'. Interestingly, the queen in whose memory it was built, originally named Arjumand Begum, held the name 'Mumtaz Mahal', meaning 'the crown of the palace'.