Description
Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1786.
Shah Jahan was later deposed by his nephew, and imprisoned in the red fort, seen to the right, where he eventually died. His captors had, however, allowed to him to be incarcerated in a room from which he could see the Taj Mahal, further down the river The red fort at Agra was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan The Taj Mahal, seen in the distance, was raised by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, known as Mumtaz-i-Mahal, who died in 1629
Inscription: A view of the fort of Agra, on the river Jumna ; drawn on the spot & engraved by W. Hodges
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London
Location
Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Country
India
Medium
Print
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Category
Buildings & Architecture
