Empress of the Taj : in search of Mumtaz Mahal / (Record no. 64899)
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| fixed length control field | 02297nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200519b2019 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789388874649 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 915.404 MUR-T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murari, Timeri N. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Empress of the Taj : in search of Mumtaz Mahal / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Timeri N. Murari |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Speaking Tiger |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 241 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 350.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | An extraordinary book that combines travel- and history-writing with brilliant storytelling to give us a portrait of Mumtaz Mahal, in whose memory Shah Jahan built the Taj and also a portrait of India before it was changed by liberalization.<br/>In the early 1980s, researching for his bestselling novel taj, author timeri—tim—Murari began the first of his journeys in the footsteps of arjumand band, the precocious daughter of a Mughal nobleman. Arjumand went on to become Mumtaz Mahal, chief consort of emperor Shah Japan and Empress of the Mughal kingdom until her death in 1631, giving birth to their fourteenth child. Over the next two decades, the grieving emperor had the Taj Mahal built in her memory—their final resting place and the world’s most enduring symbol of love. Tim went on his journeys at a time before air travel was common in India, when they were protracted affairs undertaken mostly by train. In these travels of discovery Delhi; in Agra, the centre of Mughal power and site of the Taj Mahal; in the desert cities of Rajasthan, where Shah Jahan waged ceaseless campaigns, Mumtaz Mahal at his side; and in burhanpur in the Deccan, where the Empress breathed her last—the author found fascinating glimpses of an empire at its zenith and of a consuming love. Intertwined with these insights were the shabby realities of modern india—the obstinacies of the bureaucracy that controls monuments, the industries which deface them and a citizenry that remains unaware of its own history. A brilliant meld of travel and history writing, Empress of the Taj is not only the story of a fabled queen and the magnificent obsessions of royalty; it is also an invaluable record of a lost era in India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mumtaz Mahal, Empress, consort of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, -1631 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Shahjahan, Emperor of India, approximately 1592-1666 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 900-999 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 19/05/2020 | 2 | 1 | 915.404 MUR-T | 40421 | 13/07/2024 | 14/04/2024 | Books |