<P> The ' Taj Mahal ' represents the finest and most sophisticated example of Mughal architecture . Its origins lie in the moving circumstances of its commission and the culture and history of an Islamic Mughal empire 's rule of large parts of India . The distraught Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the mausoleum upon the death of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal . </P>
the taj mahal was built by the 17th-century muslim emperor for what purpose
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the mausoleum upon the death of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal