Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal represents the finest and most sophisticated example of Indo-Islamic 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 project upon the death of one of his favorite wives Mumtaz Mahal.
Mausoleum of the Taj Mahal complex at Agra, India
The epitome of chaste Muslim love – Majnun, going mad in the wilderness
The simple Tomb of Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan, open to the sky.
Humayun's tomb surmounted by a dome
The throne of God is the reigning centre of God in the Abrahamic religions: primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The throne is said by various holy books to reside beyond the Seventh Heaven which is called Araboth in Judaism.].
God the Father on a throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century.