Taj Mahal (Urdu: تاج محل, Hindi: ताज महल) is a monument located in Agra, India. Built on the wish of the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān, son of Jahangir, as a musoleum for his Persian wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, also known as Mumtaz-ul-Zamani or Mumtaz Mahal