May his mausoleum ever flourish. Year 1076 Hijri.'
The inscription on Shah Jahan's cenotaph adds more titles and gives
the exact date of death as 'the night of Rajab 28, A.H. 1076'. 1040
Hijri corresponds with the period from July 31, A.D. 1630 to July 19,
1631; and 1076 Hijri with the period July 4, A. D. 1665 to June 23,
1666, Old Style. The dates in New Style would be ten days later.
The epithet 'nesting in Paradise' (_firdaus ashiyani_) was the
official posthumous title of Shah Jahan, frequently used by
historians instead of his name.
The title 'Second Lord of the Conjunction' means that Shah Jahan was
held to have been born under the fortunate conjunction of Venus and
Jupiter, as his ancestor Timur had been.
10. The details in the text are inaccurate. Arjumand Bano Begam,
daughter of Asaf Khan, brother of Nur Jahan, the queen of Jahangir,
was born in A.D. 1592, married in 1612, and died July 7, 1631 (o.s.),
at Burhanpur in the Deccan. After a delay of six months her remains
were removed to Agra, and there rested six months longer at a spot in
the Taj gardens still remembered, until her tomb was sufficiently
advanced for the final interment.
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