Iftakhar Nadime Khan (Arshi)

My book is related to one of the most beautiful architecture of the world; the Taj Mahal. There is a story which exists parallel to it; the Black Taj Mahal. It is popularly known that Shah Jahan wanted to build another identical mausoleum with black marble on the other bank of river Yamuna, for his own burial. As Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son thereby he could not complete his dream. In absence of any dedicated literary work on Black Taj, the story swayed between reality and myth. There are several material evidences in the Taj Mahal and at the so-called site of Black Taj that favours Black Taj.

White Taj Mahal has been scientifically portrayed in the book that makes it a useful guide for the tourists. The book also analyses the Taj Mahal - the world’s most beautiful architectural creation from completely new angle, on the empirical rules prepared by a modern scientist; The Fifteen Properties of Christopher Alexander.
Besides this, the book unveils astonishing facts and surprises that the construction of the Taj Mahal was only half of the original scheme conceived by its builder Emperor Shah Jahan.