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This is a timeline based on the construction of the Taj Mahal.  Please note that the year convention is "Common Era / After Mohammed."
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|June 17, 1631 CE
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|1040 AH
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|Death of [[Mumtaz Mahal]] at [[Burhanpur]] in the [[Deccan]].
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|event='''1631 / 1040''': June 17 - Death of Mumtaz Mahal after childbirth at Burhanpur in the Deccan.
|January, 1632 CE
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|1041 AH
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|Mumtaz's body is moved from Burhanpur to [[Agra]]. Work has already started on the foundations.
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|June 22, 1632 CE
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|1041 AH
*'''January''' - Mumtaz's body is moved from Burhanpur to Agra. Work starts on the foundations.
|First 'Urs ceremony.
*'''June 22''' - First 'Urs ceremony.
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|May 26, 1633 CE
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|1042 AH
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|Second 'Urs ceremony. Mumtaz body interred in the base of the mausoleum.
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|event='''1633 / 1042''': May 26 - Second 'Urs ceremony. Mumtaz's body is interred in the base of the mausoleum.
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|event='''1638-39 / 1048-9''': The calligrapher Amanat Khan signs the frame of the south arch of the domed hall of the mausoleum thereby indicating it was reaching completion.
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|event='''1643 / 1053''': Twelfth 'Urs. Complex is substantially completed. The gold rail surrounding Mumtaz's tomb is replaced with the inlaid marble Jali screen seen today
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|event='''1644 / 1054''': Jahan visits the tomb
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|event='''1645 / 1055''': Jahan visits the tomb a second time
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|event='''1648 / 1058''': Amanat Khan dates the north arch of the great gate with the inscription "Finished with His help, the Most High".
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|event='''1654 / 1064''': Jahan visits the tomb for a third time
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|event='''1666 / 1076''':
*'''January''' - Jahan falls ill
*'''31 January''' - Jahan dies
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A timeline (or several) relating to Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal.

This is a timeline based on the construction of the Taj Mahal. Please note that the year convention is "Common Era / After Mohammed."

1631 / 1040: June 17 - Death of Mumtaz Mahal after childbirth at Burhanpur in the Deccan.
1632 / 1041:
  • January - Mumtaz's body is moved from Burhanpur to Agra. Work starts on the foundations.
  • June 22 - First 'Urs ceremony.
1633 / 1042: May 26 - Second 'Urs ceremony. Mumtaz's body is interred in the base of the mausoleum.
1638-39 / 1048-9: The calligrapher Amanat Khan signs the frame of the south arch of the domed hall of the mausoleum thereby indicating it was reaching completion.
1643 / 1053: Twelfth 'Urs. Complex is substantially completed. The gold rail surrounding Mumtaz's tomb is replaced with the inlaid marble Jali screen seen today
1644 / 1054: Jahan visits the tomb
1645 / 1055: Jahan visits the tomb a second time
1648 / 1058: Amanat Khan dates the north arch of the great gate with the inscription "Finished with His help, the Most High".
1654 / 1064: Jahan visits the tomb for a third time
1666 / 1076:
  • January - Jahan falls ill
  • 31 January - Jahan dies