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CALLIGRAPHY, INSCRIPTION AND DECORATION. The calligraphy on the Great Gate reads _. "O SOUL, THOU ART AT REST. RETURN TO THE LORD AT PEACE WITH HIM, AND HE AT PEACE WITH YOU." Arabic inscriptions in black marble are used to decorate both the south gateway and main mausoleum.
The calligraphy of the Taj Mahal mainly consists of the verses and passages from the holy book of Quran. It was done by inlaying jasper in the white marble panels. These passages were inscribed by Amanat Khan in an illegible Thuluth script. A number of the panels also bear his signatures.
The calligraphic work in the Taj dome is in the Arabic language and the texts are the extracts from different Suras of the holy Quran. Taj Mahal calligraphy is created as a fabulous ornamentation and consists of the verses from the holy Quran.
Arabic Calligraphy at Taj Mahal is most beautiful & intricate calligraphy taken from Quran includinng ninety nine names of Allah, written by Amanat khan Shirazi.
The mausoleum of the Taj Mahal is very largely decorated with floral motifs, mostly engraved in marble or pietra dura, a technique of stone marquetry. But we can not miss the splendid inscriptions in Arabic seems it, inscriptions that run around the iwans (these porches broad traditional Persian architecture).
Tadź Mahal (hindi ताज महल, urdu تاج محل) – indyjskie mauzoleum wzniesione przez Szahdżahana z dynastii Wielkich Mogołów, na pamiątkę przedwcześnie zmarłej, ukochanej żony Mumtaz Mahal.
The Taj Mahal (/ ˌ t ɑː dʒ m ə ˈ h ɑː l, ˌ t ɑː ʒ-/ TAHJ mə-HAHL, TAHZH-, Hindi: [taːdʒ ˈmɛɦ(ɛ)l]; lit. ' Crown of the Palace ') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r.
