{"product_id":"portrait-of-mumtaz-mahal-on-ivory","title":"Portrait of Mumtaz Mahal on Ivory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csub\u003e15\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e⁄2 × 20\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e⁄4 inches framed print\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWood, paper, UV acrylic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiggest size, smaller available upon request | Custom frames available upon request\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHanging wire hardware included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor domestic (US orders)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14-20 days estimated delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFree standard shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint of a watercolor painting on ivory by unknown artist, 17th Century Mughal India. The original is currently housed in the Lahore Museum in Pakistan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMumtaz Mahal was betrothed to Shah Jahan in 1607, \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-30\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ewhen she was 14 years old and he was 15. They were, however, married five years after their betrothal in Agra. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-:2_11-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-:4_12-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eAfter their wedding celebrations, Shah Jahan, \"finding her in appearance and character elect among all the women of the time\", gave her the title\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMumtaz Mahal, (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Nastaliq\" dir=\"rtl\" title=\"Nastaliq\"\u003eممتاز محل\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003csmall\u003e \u003c\/small\u003e'the exalted one of the Palace'). \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-31\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-K18_32-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eDuring the intervening years between their betrothal and marriage, Shah Jahan had married his first wife, Princess Kandahari Begum\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1610 and in 1617, after marrying Mumtaz, took a third wife, Izz-un-Nissa Begum (titled Akbarabadi Mahal), \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-33\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ethe daughter of a prominent Mughal courtier.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTETillotson201221_34-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFindly1993308_35-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAccording to the official court historians, both the marriages were political alliances.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTETillotson201221_34-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy all accounts, Shah Jahan was so taken with Mumtaz that he showed little interest in exercising his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erights with his two other wives, other than dutifully siring a child with each. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Koch2006_36-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eAccording to the official court chronicler, Motamid Khan, as recorded in his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIqbal Namah-e-Jahangiri\u003c\/i\u003e, the relationship with his other wives \"had nothing more than the status of marriage. The intimacy, deep affection, attention and favor which Shah Jahan had for Mumtaz exceeded what he felt for his other wives.\"\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-K18_32-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-37\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLikewise, Shah Jahan's historian Inayat Khan commented that 'his whole delight was centered on this illustrious lady [Mumtaz], to such an extent that he did not feel towards the others [i.e. his other wives] one-thousandth part of the affection that he did for her.' \u003cspan\u003eMumtaz Mahal died from postpartum hemorrhage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhile giving birth to her 14th child, after a prolonged labor of around 30 hours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Kumar2014_20-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-:3_21-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e She had been accompanying her husband while he was fighting a campaign in the Deccan Plateau. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan to be built as a mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal. 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