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CHESTER — Humayun is an Imperial Guard, the lowest rung of the professional ladder in the emperor’s court in 1648 Agra, India. “We are grunts of the Imperial Force until that day new appointments are ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The first Mughal emperor, Babur, who ...

Actors Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed in studio discuss their play “Guards at the Taj” Actors Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed in studio discuss their play “Guards at the Taj” For this week’s Weekend ...

CHESTER — Legend has it that upon completion of the Taj Mahal in 1653, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ordered that the hands of each of the 20,000 laborers and craftsmen who worked on the mammoth mausoleum ...

We meet them taking up their posts, curved swords in hands, outside the walls of the grandest ever Mughal project, Shah Jahan’s Taj Mahal, awaiting its unveiling when the sun rises. The pair are ...

For centuries, the Taj Mahal has loomed over Agra, India, as a symbol of beauty and power, a tribute to both romance and ruthlessness. While the love story behind the white marble monument, built ...